Flexible Form Rammed Earth Construction (Earthbag Construction) Part 1
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- Case Study presentation by Frank Morris Matovu at the 4th Quarterly Roundtable Discussion Meeting on Appropriate Building (Low-tech Construction) at The African Heritage House, Kenya
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This was the most thorough and informative video on Earth Bag building I've seen.
Thank you for sharing this!
Best video i found on internet about earthbags. Thank you. One subscriber added.
most informative video about the subject and I've watched more than 50 already
agreed!!!!
You can quit any time you want to... Right? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A blessed young man teaching other humans how to build their own modern homes out of sand and cheap materials available locally, while strong very rich men in this world build armies to destroy innocent humans. These are two different worlds we live in.
May GOD bless this young man with health, wealth and power and very long years of happiness.
Wow this is the best instruction I’ve ever watched ty very mcuh very kind of you to share this wonderful important knowledge
In 8 years since my first earth bag build, this video is well done and very factual on point...
Today I'm working on my second full house and stepping up the earth home game... I'm using both tires and bags, because I'm by myself, so tires Don't need to be covered immediately, I'm also doing a crawl space instead of berm earth in classic U shape, thus using it as my cooling tube,
I also am going to incorporate indoor and outdoor connected ponds where fish can swim indoor and I'm hoping can bridge a year round pond through winter...
I'm also trying to develop a free power station using a water catchment and water turbine generator fueled by solar and high output pond pump,
Oh, and incorporating a worm composting house to plumb into grow beds year round as well...
Add my skills in common build techniques I will finish it up in current innovated products and fixtures so the common folk can actually see it's not only the same looks but better in every way... This was fueled by everyone who didn't support me on my first, claiming it was a mud hut...
My God nod came my first snow fall, my new born special needs daughter was 6 months old, no blanket just a diaper sleeping, outside temp was -5 but my inside temp was 68degrees... A small wood stove fire kept it 80 plus all day...
I did my first project with 5 grand, no income, 90% salvaged materials and 2years of living in it before a bitter divorce...
This building technique should be universal and current code, because it's hands down stronger and smarter period...
Impressive
Im glad i found you. I live in Kenya and looking at building an eco-home using earthbags. Love the video!
I'm in Kenya too, did you manage o come and see?
@@liliankhahonjeri338 Hi, I found a supplier for earth bags but I haven't started the project yet due to covid shenanigans! Once all clears I'll start.
@@trueyokefellow3576 great I'm intrested in the project too, I was thinking of Ferrocement but this seems cheap and better. Please share supplier and your foreman once you start. Intrested in doing it in AthiRiver
I would love to come help... Unfortunately, the covid nonsense is a real impediment. We want to do this in Arizona. Probably very similar to Kenya in soil and climate.
@@trueyokefellow3576 could you please share your supplier?
A sincere thanks to all who contributed to this informative video, though I cant thank you all enough.
A kind and humble although great contribution of knowledge .
Thank you.
This is the best vid on earth bag that I've found on YT. Great job on the explanation and reasoning of construction, answered more nuanced questions I had than all the other vids I've watched. Really sad it cut off at the end but I really appreciate that you freely but your experience and knowledge in this. Thanks
I understood, like this video most than the other I've seen. It encourages me to built it
I love this. Good job with the detailed instructions.
Bundles of knowledge. Thank you for sharing. A tip for connecting the PVC pipe and fittings; twist the pieces about a quarter turn to 'smear' the glue in the connection
This is the most informative video yet. Thank you so much for this. It turned out beautiful!
Yes, thank you for your sharing the insightsyou've learned!
Very comprehensive guide on this type of construction; I must agree with Ocoro - probably the best and most concise info I've run across, thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing all this info! I agree that this has been on of the most informative I have watched so far!
EXCELLENT!!!
I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU VIDEOED AND YOUR THOUGHTFUL INFO...
I WILL DO THE SAME WHEN I CONSTRUCT MINE... PEACE AND BLESSINGS!!!
Great detail and clarity. Thank you.
This video is WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
You made a wonderful building and even better educational video.
We'll use it as reference for our house.
Very informative video, especially where you mentioned how the earthen plaster on the exterior wasn't holding up well to the constant rain so you used a cement plaster. Thanks!
Thanks for the information, excellent explanation.
You had me sold at the drawing!
really good information. Thank you.
It is a mistake to plaster adobe with cement, it will separate from it and cause rain to penetrate and allow too much humidity, ending in failure of the structure, you should plaster with a lime based one!
Valuable info from this video and this comment thank you
Attach chicken wire cloth and apply stucco? How I would think to do it
Explain the lime based mix, I live in WI where there's lots of rain, snow, freezing temos. Thanks!
Great video, thank you for sharing.
Super helpful! Great work!
Excellent dude.
So glad I found this.
very much good information, clear understandable, thanks for this.
Excellent job and explanation Thanks
This is excellent!
Felicitaciones desde Entre Domos San Juan
Love rammed earth houses.
thank you so much i learn so much
Interesting - thanks.
Tq fr upload my friend
great solution in Africa!
loved it ,thanks bro
Gracias por compartir
Cool skills
Wonder if the city will allow this here in Arizona
Please share present condition of the house 😊
I need part 2
How would it work to make a home out of earthbags that was more rectilinear? I wanted to do a basic earthship shape with windows in front.
Good stuff!
Hey can you please explain a little further on the plumbing and electrical ?
Whom can I contact to do this in Uganda?
How many meters of the polymer bag to complete the whole project
I want to see a project with bags of quickcrete.
Then sprayed with water.
This is earth bag construction which is good. It is not "rammed earth" construction, which is a completely different animal. Rammed earth would be forms where bare soil was compacted between the forms, and then the forms are removed and reused to build another wall, and another wall is formed and the forms are moved again.
Can you tell me please where we can find thats long bag thanks you
Why not paint the bags on the outside till your ready to plaster them
Excelente
Where do you get the bag from and how much does it cost?
Wondering same thing
Awesome editing buddy. It cuts to the next video in the middle of the equation.
Wouldn't it be better if we replaced plastic bags with jute, the fiber will over time fuse with earth to strengthen it. How long do these plastic bags last anyway, in quantitative terms.
Great project! Though it's never a good idea to have the inside floor lowwr than the outside soil level. Especially in wetter climates.
Where you have artlery shells aimed at civilians who sleep on the floor, it is.
in this scenario digging swales around the house to divert flow and placing a protective french trough styled drain the house will be protected from moisture and water infiltration
Hello Mr. Matovu and the round table team, I would like to try out this on our demonstration farm. I have tried your website but it seems to be off. Hope we can get in touch.
How much water do you need to mix with the sand/clay/concrete? I'm gonna be building in Joshua Tree without plumbing connections and its going to be hard to transport water there.
Just to moisten so that it can solidify! Kind of like dry clay will not clump togther if completely dry!! You are looking for the soil mixture to clump to gether and not fall apart out one's hand after being squeezed!!!
Is part 2 available?
What's the barbed wire for?
do you know where I can buy the bag material from?
How much did cost to build ?
Hola gracias por tus videos soy de colombia donde puedo conseguir las bolsas plastilleras q usas ? Alguien sabe
bulletproof houses
What size bags did you use
how many meters of PP did this building take? god bless
Bales of hay for door or window frames perhaps?
Are this homes legal in the U.S. A?
Do you think you could use this style of building and burm in a structure, as in a "hobbit house"? I am looking to build in southern Arizona, and I am wanting to create a structure that I could build into the hills on my property.
Lucas Miller are you familiar with earthships? I think an earthbag/earthship hybrid is very doable. Instead of using tires, use earthbag but still waterproof the exterior as you would a regular earthship wall, though I'd personally feel safer if there were a buttress or two added in for extra stability/strength. But to answer your question: Yes! It is possible. There are even plans for such a house on the internet under natural building house plans.
Did you build the burm hobbit house?
where to buy earthbags
Those bags eventually disintegrate so how does that effect the stability of the soil.
The bags are really only needed to hold the shape of the compressed earth until it sets hard. Depending on air temps and direct sunlight hours, it should take somewhere between a week to a month to completely set rock hard. You don't have to wait for it to dry to "plaster' inside and out either which is good to keep things moving along.
I'm glad I did one of these... once.
Pet Sputnik
Bonzo the Beast is correct!
The building is a rammed earth building when done as one packs each layer! The bags make it possible to have a form that doesn't have to be dismantled and reassembled for each layer its just left in place and more flexible! It also gives one more options than typical rammed earth homes! So it will not matter if the bag deteriorates! Also the bags will be covered and so deterioration will be much much slower!!!
I think plastic that is not exposed to UV light, mechanical abrasion, or the elements (e.g. sits still, encased, cool, and dark) will last a very very long time. If the bags did fail, you would be left with mechanically stabilized rammed earth, which is also very strong building material that can last thousands of years if protected from erosion. The walls must be protected from moisture as well, otherwise the barbed wire will be the first thing to rot out.
Hyperadobe bags?
The parts that seem difficult to me are plumbing, electrical, and the foundation.
I guess after buying the land ( we will be in Mexico ) , drilling a well , and I guess we’d do solar but not sure.
Where do you get bags or rolls?
Google.
You do realize you have to plan where electrical wiring and plumbing goes before you build a regular house, too?
now I see the problem if the water should be leakage,
Could you please tell me where is the best place to buy bags?
Where might I acquire continuous Earth bags I currently live in hornbrook California United States
Look for Superadobe bags. I found a place called CITROPACK in Brazil.
Pay attention to different types of bags materials.
At 0:42 of the video below it shows the best kind of bag, I think. th-cam.com/video/z7hqnmMiqeU/w-d-xo.html
Where csn i buy that kind of bag in philippines?
Hello sir, just happened to read your comment, have you tried it already, wala lan info. about sa bag supplier....interested din ako i try ito sa bundok...salamat....
I think pwede mag order from sack manufacturers
What if instead of decreasing the length of your radius as you move up, you keep it constant? Wouldn't you get a perfect half sphere? Why not just do that?
Have you ever try to break an egg pressing both tips ? No one can.
Try sideway, you only need 1finger. Same principle here
Where did you buy the continuous bags?
Hello Annette, Get in touch with Frank Matovu @falasico on twitter and th-cam.com/channels/LEahCh-fKcTZIN_NxJhGTg.html on youtube. He is the one who made the presentation
There are a few places in the states now and several places overseas from the states but then have to order a minimum number of rolls but one could always sell the extras!!
2:40 Yikes !
I was paying attention, then I heard "Uganda", and I started really paying attention.
How does someone in Uganda get access to the bags?
If you find out please let me know
go to your local garbage dump
In case you didn't see, your question was previously answered: "Get in touch with Frank Matovu @falasico on twitter and th-cam.com/channels/LEahCh-fKcTZIN_NxJhGTg.html on youtube. He is the one who made the presentation"
Where can I get the earth rammed bag?
There are at minimum two places in the states, not sure about south America! They can also be bought out of China but need to order in bulk, a minimum number, but the extras tend to sell easily!!! One can also fill plastic bottles and build in many different styles finding all of the same benefits including quakes, tornados, hurricanes, fires, and list goes on and on!!! They can be built in any shape and still hold up quite well! Nice seeing you again!!!
@@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639
How can I find them in China? How are they called? We need a lot of them fast for a house building project in Kalahari dessert for the bushmen people. Thanks
Samuel Paraschivu
chinawovenbags.com was the place they origionaooy obtained theirs, Several years back, so not sure if still open!
You can also find them by doing google search for them anywhere good insize if closer, using search words like;
endless.... continuous.... sandbags, earthbags
endless... continuous.... woven sandbags, woven earthbags
endless... continuous.... sand bags.... earth bags... woven sand bags... woven earth bags
All of the above are in plural format so also try in singular as well, i.e.
endless sandbag, sand bag, earthbag, earth bag...endless woven sandbag, sand bag, earthbag, earth bag
continuous sandbag sand bag, earthbag, earth bag or continuous woven with the variations of types of bag afterward
If the money is an issue for anyone or recycling is more important, one can gather plastic bottles and fill with anything but water food or air, so dirt, sand, trash etc. and use like bricks! Can use cob motar mix to hold together and the cover with chicken wire or fish net or string crisscrossed back and forth over all of the caps creating a netting, and then cob over! Most people point the bottles in the same direction, i.e. On one wall the caps will all face either inside or outside! I am going to do every other one facing in and the other facing out and do the wire or netnor string on both sides which will make the walls that much more strong! Doing the walls this way is a little slower because of filling the bottles but there is only the cost for string fish net or chicken wire and straw if it must be bought!
One can find ways of building either way here on youtube! My little homestead has quite a few smallish buildings and projects using earthbags! If I were going to use earthbags I would still use chicken wire or netting to help adhere the cob or stucco material inside and out just unail it to the bags! If using cob for the outside be sure to seal it properly so erosion is less likely and if in a more rainy area give a decent sized over hang or hat to help protect from the rains but a good seal, the final layer having fine chopped straw or manure in it or cattail reed fluff added to mixture and added linseed oil or a lime plaster will help prevent errosion and one simply reapplies the plaster or oil annually or biannually
without tension on it I hardly see what the barbwire does. maybe I'm missing something on the engineering
It just acts like mini rebar to help bind the layers and stop the bags from shifting.
The barbs anchor the wire into the wall and provide friction between courses of plastic. Wall cannot collapse inwards due to compression strength of the dirt. Wall cannot collapse outwards due to tensile strength of the wire. For the wall to move outwards, it would have to stretch the wire, which the wire resists very well.
@@Thoracius wow, this was awhile back. Thx for the reply but without tension it is craps.
@@vincenteasley the wire is under tension as soon as the structure encounters any tensile forces. Just like rebar in concrete.
@@Thoracius that makes some sense. Ty
SPANISH LEGEND PLIS
my question is this earth bag houses can sustain an earthquake? I'm only asking thank you!
Tributary House Ltd. Is very correct!!!
They are also very pest resistant from insects to rodents, they find it extremely difficult to get in unless one brings them in or a door or window is left open unattended! They are also normal/popular bullet proof, or at least the bullets most people use and even most police and military use until one starts getting into the big guns!!!
Looks like 2002 Joe Rogan.
'2:41 suisida
Can u say labor intensive?
did you think building a house wasn't labor intensive? better than log cabin building
can u say lazy...
I liked the rammed earth part of this build but I am concerned about the toxicity of the plastic.
There is no toxicity once the walls are plastered inside and out. The bags will disintegrate when exposed to sunlight for extended periods.
Why does the video approximately when you are giving equations
Your claims of flooding not being an issue would be more convincing if paired with actual pictures instead of narrowly focused details.
Your claim on asking for proof would be more convincing if you showed some knowledge in this matter.
There is no need to convince someone who does not know about flood, earthquake and so on. If you don't know about construction and are here to learn... learn, then research why with this type of shape and construction there is no concern of either.
Instead of wanting knowledge you don't have for free.
Educate yourself and you will understand it... either way do as you wish. Will leave you a tip to an obviously person who does not want to research. Do 90% soil, 10% cement. Since flood is your great concern.
this would never be acceptable to our building code
Clayton stoltz
If you refer to USA buliding codes it is accepted in many if not most states and becoming more and more popular to do so!!!
Horrible music
I wish you used all gunny bags made of jute instead of a forbidden plastic woven bags which are non degradable and harmful effects... Please don't use it against the law of nature 😭😭😭
Waaah.
Build yours with what you want.
@@andrewmarkert1146 Yes I will do it and post it for the benefits of you and others, for sure... 😀😇
son't these gunny natural bags rot?
You should aim to be enviromental friendly, not retarded.
He is using it exactly because is not degradable. It is a house, not icecream. .
Really a bad technic and a lot of mistakes
How so?
Where can you find the bags?
store5139026.ecwid.com/
@@azteacher26 Thank you.
Where do you get the bags???????
Where to buy those bags?