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Jun 21
Ever want to use a really big Jackhammer? Watch Earthship site prep with a Bobcat Jackhammer take down a burned-out basement wall in minutes. Join the Earthship Volunteer Registry. It looks like we’ll be ready to start tire work weekends of July 5 and July 12. Here are directions to our build site in Fort Collins. We’ll …
Jun 18
This video shows us packing out our very first tire in about 5 minutes with a pneumatic backfill tamper: It is fast as you can shovel dirt; Not as tiring as the sledge hammer method. Sides were a little softer than hand pounding. Two sledge laps pound the tire to totally firm – about 20 …
May 20
It’s a simple choice – get project organization system or book a room at Happy Dale’s sanitarium. It’s 4:00 a.m. – and after glancing briefly at the liquor cabinet – I thought – I’ve got way too much rambling around my head. Yesterday ended with a review of facebook messages and wonderful volunteers – and …
May 19
Wanna see how I hope to knock $27K off my Earthship’s roof? Regular Earthships use 2 layers of 4 inch Poly Iso Insulation, tongue and groove decking and metal roofing. This method costs well over $8 per square foot in materials. If my experiment works – this straw bale roof will perform about as well …
May 10
Looking at the raw family budget started us on a road where we’re making a LOT of different kinds of decisions – even departing from the traditional way of thinking about Earthships. Here’s the origin of the story of why our decisions & designs look may look strange…
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