Earthbag Construction Episode 3
Wall Raising Party
Party Time
We’ve been talking about inviting several people over to help build one of the earthbag rooms for over a year. It’s finally that time. It’s always more fun to work when you can do it with several friends. Here is our "wall raising" work party:
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Shelly
October 16, 2015
Video Transcript
Our friends arrive to help build Bryson’s building.
However, immediately we experience a problem.
A storm hits the night before dropping 2 inches of rain.
Bree: Dad, what happened?
We had 2 inches of rain and it soaked our bags
Trying to maneuver them around a bit
and we end up with half the wall collapsing on one side
We had to tear that all down, go back to the foundation
and we have to start over
Restarting the foundation was a little discouraging
but my friends were there so it was good
Bree: But the other circle is okay Dad?
The other circle’s okay
So we start bagging as fast as we can so when people show up there is something to do when they get there.
I think if the night before, if there’s a chance of rain, we are definitely going to put tarps on.
I had this ingenious plan to split everyone up in teams.
However, there is no way to evenly divide the work
because the layers have to go up in sync
but that’s our little secret.
Team mascot
Shelly: Wow, lots of enthusiasm.
Bryson: Oh yeah.
Our friends Esther, Andrew, Deborah and Peter
came over to help us.
It was so much fun to work with them.
Faster than the speed of nature.
If there is a speed in nature.
Shelly: Do you know how slow nature is?
It’s too slow, that’s what it is.
We are the strength of the ocean.
That’s right.
Shelly: Our favorite thing about building with earth bags is
that all ages can participate.
Bree: Hello, coming in at …we don’t know.
And team Blue?
We are going to win.
Bree: Feeling it? And then my home team right here, the Green.
Shelly: Are you guys the yellow team?
Bree: What do you have Mom?
Shelly: It’s a sign.
Bree: Hello little bug.
We need to re-install the electric.
Esther and I duct taped the wheel barrow wheel
and it surprisingly worked for quite some time.
We used our arms to measure how long we wanted the bags.
About 3 arms length and we straighten out the barbed wire
as much as we can.
Jackie helped me out. We cut it in sections using bolt cutters
and then it was laid between the bags.
Bree: The barbed wire springs into action and Jackie is
in the line of fire.
Some of my buddies from work showed up.
We had Scott, Alex, their Son.
Malcolm was here.
Bree: And then our hero, Tom, shows up with Pizza.
After lunch we fixed the wall that was fallen and
we’re ready to go higher.
Everything was not so bad with all that rain.
All that dirt now was a bit damp.
That made packing the new stuff a lot easier.
It was pretty exciting to see that first window frame
coming in to be placed.
Bree: Whatcha doing Mom?
Little bottle lights for our steps.
Hello camera.
How you doing Rick?
I tell you. He really is a trooper.
He came over and jumped up on that wall
and just started working really hard.
Gary: Haven’t fallen off yet?
Rick: No vertigo.
Shelly: Is that rain?
Bree: Over here, a storm is threatening
but over here, it’s blue sky.
You never know if we are going to get hit or not.
Some of us are desk job people.
We’re starting to slow down.
Bree: We are over waist high in bags,
3 window frames are installed,
along with 4 steps.
Next week we are going to have a Halloween Special that
you are definitely not going to want to miss.
After that, we will pick back up on the earthbags again.
Shae: Please subscribe.
Thanks for watching.
Step by Step - Building of Bry's Earth Bag Room
Full Verion - Building of Bry's Earth Bag Bedroom
Walk Thru Our First Earth Bag Construction Project!
Garen's Earth Bag Interior with Rocket Stove
Garen's Earth Bag Room - the Exterior
Bree's Earth Bag Room
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Resources
www.greenhomebuilding.com/adobe.htm
www.earthbagbuilding.com/articles.htm
www.earthbagplans.wordpress.com
We moved from the city to the country in 2005. Since then, we have been building structures, raising livestock and growing some of our own foods. We are crazy about family, nutrition and want the best for our growing family.
