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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มี.ค. 2020
- UPDATE: JULY, 2022: Due to work obligations in another part of the United States, I ended-up selling this property.
If you'd like to watch Part 1 before watching this video, it is here:
• Earthbag Challenge - P...
Before starting this project I would have thought that 52 days of work would have been enough for me to get this building closer to completion.
However, the experience taught me that this was wishful thinking. A good number of those work days included day-long excursions for materials and tools, time spent going 34 miles (round trip) for water refills, retracing steps to correct errors, and dealing with many other miscellaneous things that took more time than they should have. Plastering alone, took, much more time than I had thought it would.
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I know you are not on this property anymore, but I wish you were. You did a great job, learning as you moved and at the same time, inspiring and motivating many of us. 23,000 of us, by the looks of it.
A note to whom it may concern: Those bags degrades quicker than we ever want. We get feed in those, and sometimes I store sand in them to use in a few weeks. They usually degrade by week 3-5, and won't show it until you pick them up (then, boom).
Thank you sharing. GOD bless you.😇
Your experience has affirmed my plan to first build a structure to begin collecting water in a cistern before starting something like this, unless there is other natural water access … and I’m planning for doing something like this in the desert.
Awesome - best of luck with your project!
Begins to ponder & Wonder if they make Ultra-Violet resistant Feed Bags?
You have done a very good example & instruction for those who want to build an earth house by themselves! I will keep following you, well done!!
Thanks for your comment. Building alone is hard and slow. If you have the option of getting others to help you, I'd recommend it.
Love it! Many farm kids ( on large farms or remote farms) who have grown to adulthood would not have a problem with the loneliness as they grew up without anyone around. Our summers on the machinery and the land meant we seldom saw anyone. It was a treat when a neighbor came over for tea or coffee in the evening after work was done. I subscribed because I want to see you succeed. All the best!
Thanks for your message and the encouragement. I wasn't aware about that regarding kids who grew up on farms.
Looking good. I hope it doesn't need repairing when you return. Looking forward to your next video!
Thanks for your comment. I'll try to post the next update soon.
Wow pretty amazing!! Cannot wait to see further progress😃
Thanks!
Summer is over mate, come on!
The summer heat lasted much longer than usual this year - - I'm at the site now working on the roof, door & window - - will upload the next video soon.
I really appreciate you documenting this journey of yours. This is something I have wanted to do but with life and family demands I am unsure if I could complete it. Kudos to you for even attempting it! I hope you finish it and thanks again for documenting your mistakes so those of use who wish to do this ourselves can learn and not make the same ones.
Thanks for your comment. Even if you can just get one other person to occasionally help you, I think it will have a synergistic benefit. I would not do this again by myself.
Have similar aspirations and your videos “demystified” the process... thanks!
Waiting for the sequel...
glad to hear that you found the videos helpful - good luck with your project!
Awesome work! Please post more as you finish it!!!
Thanks for your comment!
@@rebhanchannel do you mind if I ask what general location this is in? Looks like AZ, NV or NM? Awesome views!!!
@@ShrekSwag It is close to where Mexico, Arizona and New Mexico meet.
Thank you for a purely informational video with great tips and no music!
Thanks for your comment. I think that know what you mean. There seem to be lots of videos around that take 20 minutes or more to give 5 minutes worth of information.
Looking forward to an update!
thanks for your comment - just uploaded video 3
What an absolute inspiration!
Love the self relienance that you show and the honesty. Great idea of using the wood glue as a bonding agent.
I guess 90% of the project is in the planning - as I've always been told by numerous tradesmen.
Can't wait till the next video. We'll done sir.
Thanks for your comment & the encouragement!
Very interesting
thanks for your comment!
Seemingly you know your land might have deposits of either Borax & or Arsenic seeing your wearing the Respirator? Have you sent in soil samples to your local agricultural department? To be tested for all sorts of things
Thanks for the videos! I hope your wall will stay strong. Looking forward to the follow-up. I live in Panama Central America and we have kind of similar weather where I'm prospecting. Cheers!
Thanks for your comment. Good luck with your prospecting, too. Are you prospecting for gold?
Nice work
Thanks!
Good document of your hard single-man mission of Earthbag construction. Including tools used and reasons behind your decisions are helpful. Good wishes to completing it within your budget.
Thanks, Gowri
very cool. what part of Arizona are you located?
Thanks for the comment. The land is in NM, near the border of AZ and Mexico
I liked this eco friendly way of construction. Also you have tried to exaplain it step by step in a very informative way.
I have couple of questions hope you don't mind to answer.
#1. What made you to build earthbag home ?
#2. Why you choosed desert for the location.
#3. Where were you staying and managing food and water during the construction.
#4. What is a good choice for earthbag: Sand or Mud?
In my opinion sand would not absorb much moist.
However mud will have good stability.
Thanks for your comment. In answer to your questions....
1. Why this method?
I looked at most (if not all) of the alternative construction methods, but earth bag building was the most convenient, least-expensive, and the most naturally-suited method due to the restrictions of this project.
2. Why this land?
It has many attributes that appeal to me, including mild weather all year round, very low humidity, very quiet, virtually no light pollution at night, no neighbors within a mile or so, soil that can be easily cultivated for farming, water that is not far below the surface when I'm ready to drill a well, and within 20 minute access to shopping and a cross-country highway.
3.Where did I stay?
I was renting an inexpensive room about 5 miles away from the site while working there. I brought water in to the land in 6 gallon containers each day that it was needed.
4. What is the best content mixture for the bags?
I am not qualified to answer that. I've only heard that something around 20% clay is good, but that may vary with different climates. My land seems to average less than 5% of clay.
@@rebhanchannel thanks for the reply.wish you all the best. Hope to see new video soon😃
Damn bro, you were working against yourself, that sucks...
I devised a funnel and stand system, and made a sifting table I threw shovel fulls on a tarp till I had giant pile, I would fill like 120 at the most a day like 60 the least if I recall...
There's tons of things you could of done, but that's the purpose of the principal's God needs you to walk... You live you learn, but you learned...
You still did work tho... The mile trek to the property... Oh hell nah... No bueno... You got what it takes, it was used getting there...
Bags only suck because after they kick your ass you need to have it kicked again for protection of the bags... I had a new born and battled the same winds because I was in Belen NM south of Albuquerque aka Buque... And tried to get all the walls covered before the birth, nope...
But next time get at least one more person, a front wheel drive and hit it hard with the mind that God is going to laugh at it, so go hard...
My first snow it was -5 6 inches of snow outside, inside no heat going it was 68 degrees inside... That instant I knew I was doing something right, my new born just fine, sleeping I make a fire on wood stove, heat coffee water at same time, the temp inside was 80s... All day no fire but the one...
There's power in what God gives freely, way more power than anyone can believe... For 2 years I didn't use an alarm to wake up and take it up the for a check, I was up when my body or baby was up, all work is 100% equity in my family...
FACTS...
Thanks for your comments. Your two builds sound interesting. Are there any photos of your projects online?
Plz tell me more about your funnel & stand system!!!
@@offadawall1 get your bag and a traffic cone, put pointed part of cone into bag until it gets the circumference of the bag, cut cone into a 6 inch band, screw 2x4 legs to the cut 6 inch piece, the legs shall be 3 inches shorter than bag so when it's standing there you put the bag in hole and wrap top of bag like it's a trash bag in trash can, you fill a 5 gal bucket and fill each bag with same amount every time, or less depending on size of bags...
Of course you can use anything, but a traffic cone is the easiest way to find exact circumference... Oh and do 3 legs not four... You want to be able to lift funnel after bag is filled so legs should be wide enough once you pour you can lift easy...
@@jeromegarcia5396 hey thanks for the reply! Okay so you just gave me another idea which yours was great! But what if I was to do something like take huge tarp & elevate it (I'm thinking of renting a digger or something to fill the tarp with dirt) then cutting a hole in the center of it and putting the cone thru the whole cutting it pretty much the same as your suggestion, then funnelling all the bags with that one contraption.. do you think that would be difficult to get the dirt to funnel that way? I'm thinking maybe I could use a wide pvc pipe split long ways to help with the flow of dirt. Your thoughts???
@@offadawall1 dirt is heavy, that tarp may say oh hell nah...
But my dude, you doing what you suppose to be doing figuring it out, failure is spiritual growth, I can't stress that enough, because God ain't playing, you go with a plan, he laughs...
Your idea sounds great, apply it, test it, but remember, you may be the inventor of just how to do this... I'm just sharing my walk, and it was so raw I balled up every plan I had, he walked me through it...
It's really like that off grid... It's you and God, you ask you receive...
Hope that helps...
But you can't go wrong with being in the wilderness eating locust learning from your mother Earth and father God... You just need to be bout it when putting in that elbow grease for your cause... If not everything is no bueno homie...
My first winter, snow outside my newborn special needs daughter in a diaper sleeping in 68 degree indoor no heat, outside negative 5... At that moment in my flip flops boxers making a fire in wood stove man, that's, no way, this is god given, my fire gets the house up to 80 and lasts all day... Yeah...
Make your path yours homie, ain't nothing but space and opportunity to go rounds with God... He will respond...
Hope you get what I'm saying, that's the best info I can give...
Now I realize I need to stop what I'm doing and build a door frame before I can progress any further thanks for the tips
glad that my video could help in some way
Cool
thanks!
Can't wait for the follow up video. Also, how could you work that long and hard with the respirator on? Was it a problem?
After the first day of wearing it I got used to it. Also, I only wear it when there is a lot of sand or dust flying around.
thanks
You're welcome - thanks for watching
Good luck when you return.
Thanks!
Cant wait to see more. Where is this located?
In the Sonora high desert, near the border of Mexico
did you finish? amazing solo work!
Thanks for your comment - finishing the basic structure construction now with the roof, door & window - will upload next video soon
How many bags do you suppose you will use for this build. Please thank yoh
Currently, the walls are up to a height of appx 7 feet, and i've used appx 750 bags. I'm in the process now of putting on a flat, wood-frame roof so there should not be too many more bags used for the shell of this building.
Thank you sir very informative!., i. own 12 acres in socorro county i wonder if they would allow me to build one....keep up the good work my friend.🙏
Thanks for your comment. Socorro is not too far from this land, which is near the border of Mexico. A lot of places have building code exemptions for buildings that are under a certain size. You might want to check on that.
For one person in the desert, he did a good job. If you've ever built an earthbag house, you know that filling and lifting just a few bags is exhausting. Have to have a small team. Good job! Also make sure to "diddle" the ends of the bags before filling.
If ya ever go thru hit me up I'm down to help fill earth bags one weekend 👍
Why didnt u use the sand bag tubes?
a couple of reasons - first, going back & forth to fill the tubes would have made the progress much slower. Second, these bags were much less expensive than the tubes would have been. Tubes definitely would have been better when it came to gap-filling and plastering, though - filling in all of the spaces between the individual bags has been taking forever.
I'm going to add on to my she'd like this!
That sounds like a good idea. Next time, I will probably try some hybrid of earth bags and another type of structure, also.
Hey I need a help in building this earth bag house. Any way to contact u
sent private message
I live in Ukraine and also want to build a house out of bags of earth. But I don’t understand. Why do you cover the bags with wood glue?
During my first attempt at plastering, I discovered that the plaster would not adhere to the polypropylene bags.
So, I tried a few different primers, including the wood glue (Titebond III). Titebond claims to be nontoxic and waterproof. and the plaster adhered very well to the bags with just a light application of Titebond.
I also experimented with using Elmer's school glue, which also worked well as a primer. Elmer's is nontoxic but is not waterproof.
@@rebhanchannel Firstly Congratulations on your Project thus far. Just a few handy tips to help you out. The Earthbag walls can be covered with a Plastic tarp to prevent UV rays breaking down the bags (temporarily) until your ready to plaster. Then to help the Plaster adhere to the bags a 'harling coat' is first applied. Refer to link for more instruction: th-cam.com/video/1sjVSMypSvY/w-d-xo.html
Really appreciated watching your videos and can't wait to see the Completed Project. Keep on keeping on. All the Best.
Have you gone back? You certainly worked hard. I had my fill of sand bags in the Army almost 50 years ago. We had to redo them every 2 to 3 months.
You need to get some machines to help you so that you don't hurt yourself. A tractor with a front end loader would be ideal but also expensive. A cheaper alternative would be an old garden tractor(GT) with a plow and a large dump cart. The GT will give your body a break as you drive it while still getting work gone.
You are going to need a scaffold setup to go higher. Design the scaffold so that when you disassemble it, you can use the pieces for the roof.
40 years ago rammed earth was popular. I think that it would be easier and allow more flexibility than sandbags. Good Luck, Rick
Thanks for your comment. I'm back at the site now, installing the roof, door & window, & hope to upload the next video soon.
Did you wear that mask the whole time?
Only when I was working with concrete or when the winds were blowing sand around.
sad to see you went from round to straight design.
it's still a round building - just not a corbel dome. I'm glad about that because the vertically-straight walls give a lot more walking and standing space inside.