Earthbag building

(strawbales using an expensive conventional foundation and roof making not alot of sense for me and not even saving money much of the time by what I hear) Heck you could almost put stick built walls up to save time (as earthbags are a big cost in time and hassle per cubic foot filled whereas the walls are the cheapest by comparison to roof/foundation) and things like that is almost what i'm now thinking. Why aren't we already doing this?

​If you’re only going to read one post on roofing for earthbag, make it this one. Remember our brave and successful earthbag lovers in Costa Rica ? Here’s how they constructed their roof, step...

The Aseseeso earthbag chalet under construction. Note how it’s built on sloping ground.

Ever wondered what the building process looks like when building with earthbags? Check out this timelapse to get an idea. If you don't like heavy metal

5 metre high earthbag dome. The structure has a front door & back door, 3 windows, a floating staircase and a platform floor.

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I recently got an email from Steve Cameron with the sketch shown below that he had drawn of a concept for filling and forming earthbag tubing into a uniform rectangular form on the wall being built.

We Are Natural Builders Who Specialize in Teaching Earthbag Building. Now Offering the Online Earthbag Tiny House Course and House Plans From Dr. Owen Geiger.

Sam and Alex, who live in the U.K. have just built an earthbag seating area. They say, "Your site has contributed to helping us do this. Thank you for such an informative site! We would like to share…