Northern Hyperadobe Off Grid Earthen Tiny house (Part 2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- We can not get over how basic and cheap this build was!! Accomplished by the simplest of materials including hand milled lumber, sand bags, specialized bagging from Volm for the walls, trees from the property, vinyl sheet, screws, and a few basic tools. Seriously has turned into a cozy little home for our family!
My biggest hesitation going into this build was the uncertainty of how it would perform in the winter. After testing it out for a full winter with many negative degree days, I can happily say that this home has kept our family comfortable in the elements!
We can definitely see another possible build like this in the future!
Thank you for watching! We would be happy to answer any or your questions or greater expand upon the process if interested.
Wow this is beautiful and inspiring, exactly what i was looking for. Gives me hope to build my own one day when the conditions come together. Thank you so much for sharing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!!!
MAY YOUR EARTH JOURNEY BE JOYOUS AND WONDERFUL!
This is absolutely amazing! I wish you all the best!
Thank you!!
That's gonna be a cool house.
Looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing what you accomplish in the future.
Congrats on the baby and thanks for sharing your hyperadobe build! We are getting ready to start our build soon!
Thank you! Very exciting! We found it to be a very enjoyable process:)
Guysss!!! This looks amazing - and congrats on the new little one :) How far "north" are you?
Thanks @TinyShinyHome! Our little one has been such a blessing:) We are in Michigan!
We found your videos very helpful with getting started, thanks for all the content! Very fun to watch!
@@CampcorderOffGrid Well that explains all the snow! So glad our crazy videos helped a little bit. Enjoy those new baby snuggles :)
Love getting to see the process guys!
Thanks Savannah! Was such a fun build:)
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I was excited to see your video. I have been wanting to build a hyperadobe home for 2 years now. However most examples of these structures are found in the dessert and my husband and family has been doubting the practicality of these structures in our region. I live around Lake Erie and we get tons of snow and just plain wet weather. So I’m enjoying see your examples of building and seeing snow. I am curious though if you added cement into your mix and if you put anything else into the bag to act as maybe a sort of insulation. I have read articles where sometimes people put straw in earth bag mixes to help the walls retain heat better in colder regions. However I have yet to see that in any video and was curious if you did that. Also I am wondering how warm you are able to stay in the winter. Especially after it has been cold for several months. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on the addition to the family :)
Allie We felt the same way watching everyone build in the desert warm climates! So couple things depending on your soil you might want to dig down below the frost line. (we got lucky with sand which heaves very little in the winter) also as for keeping it warm we find it very cozy and often “cooked ourselves out” using an old fashion wood cook stove. the trick to the winter use of these buildings is that you are working with Thermal Mass not insulation. So we used very little Portland cement to soil in our mix to reducing the amount crystalline structure formed inside the walls. (think cinderblocks vs adobe for storing heat) once you’ve heated up a thermal mass it becomes an excellent buffer to the cold outer climate so long as you continue to heat your place. Our mistake or at least our temporary inconvenience was the flat uninsulated roof (We plan to build a second story eventually). The roof was our biggest loss of heat and being flat caused a few leaks here and there.. few solutions if you want a flat roof would be one continuous piece of Epdm/and or an earthen roof. As for the straw being packed in that’s an interesting idea! I guess my questions would be how well would the mixture hold together/would you need more cement. Thank you for watching, baby Selah is growing fast as a spring flower!
@@CampcorderOffGrid yeah I have a feeling I will need to go past the frost line here. I have a high clay content. They say in my region your supposed to go down at least 42 inches for cement foundations. With seems crazy. I am going to try to minimize the cement in my walls as well. So I am happy to know you guys have done that successfully. I really appreciate the information and your response. I wish you guys the best of luck and can’t wait to see how it looks all finished :) thank you
@CampcorderOffGrid great to know it's standing up against the seasons, not being in a desert, and your experience with the roof. I live in oregon where everything is wet wet wet for most of the year but the beauty and simplicity and diy-ability of this method appeal so much to me.
Did I miss where you finalized your roof (I understand that down the line a geodesic dome is planned to go on top of that flat roof). But for now, there must be something on top of what appears to be the final layer of just straw... I think the bags of sand to make the subfloor is just so smart!
We put another vinyl waterproof layer over the straw as a temporary water seal for the roof! The sand bags for the subfloor worked out great. Would definitely do it again:)
@@CampcorderOffGrid thanks! Great work!
I know nothing about lumber but I was always under the belief that green wood shrinks a considerable amount as it dries. Has this been your experience? BTW, I adore the oblong shape of your structure.
It definitely shrinks in diameter not much in length and the cants we used for the rafters were well seasoned hardwood cants (3.5" x 6") so they wouldn't twist or warp much more than they had already.
@@CampcorderOffGrid Oh, I am so glad to hear that. I was imagining shrinking rafters during your first summer allowing the rains in. I will measure some mesquite logs before and after a while next time I am in the sawing mode. Thank you for sharing your journey. Karenlee in desert, Luna County, New Mexico
How big of a circle did you make the structure? And what kind of pitch does the roof have since you guys get snow there?
The structure is around 20 ft diameter. We actually didn’t do a pitcher roof! Built a flat roof with plans to construct a geodesic dome on top.
@@CampcorderOffGrid that should work then, I was concerned about the weight of a heavy snow on those boards. I'm excited to try something with earthbags myself, but I haven't seen many people build in a colder climate with them. I'm near the Mason Dixon line, so we get lots of rain, and sometimes a decent amount of snow depending on the winter..
Leading into this project, I was a little skeptical myself due to the uncertainty of how it would do in cold winter climates! We get lots of snow and frequent negative temps during the winter and it did just fine! Super happy with how it has performed for us this winter! Hope you enjoy your build if you do one:)
Congratulations on the baby and build!Did you guys have to pull permits or get anything signed off on by the city/county?
I can't wait to start our build, but finding a place with no building codes/restrictions in my area is hard!
How did you overcome that aspect?
Thank you!!
This is a tricky one! Not sure how big you are looking to build but would suggest finding the minimum square footage where a permit is required and then build below that. That probably is an easy way to get into it, but maybe not a long term solution if you are looking to build big or live in an area where restrictions are difficult. If you are zoned agricultural, restrictions tend to be a lot more light.. so maybe look into that option for your property.. and how to zone it agricultural if it isn’t already! Depending upon what state you are in, you don’t need a building permit for any structure that will be used for development towards farming, dairying, horticulture, etc. if it is zoned agricultural! That is what we are experienced with, but if you aren’t looking for that route and are wanting a conventional permit, then I would suggest you look into @tinyshinyhome. I Believe they got a permit for their hyperadobe build. Hope that helps:)
@@CampcorderOffGrid Thank you so much!!
Best of luck and hope you enjoy the build! Lots of work but it’s a fun one:)
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You need a power tool safety course, your the guy on the jobsite that cuts his fingers off and I am guessing you never seen a circular saw jump, I have many time right into peoples limbs because they lack common sense.
No matter the experience or rather because of it can happen to you. It happened to me, I should know, a lifetime of experience witht he skillsaw and one stupid moment was enough to run it over my leg...got almost to the bone. Straight to the hospital and a month of walking on crutches. That was 12 years ago and became more respectful than ever of all blades.