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Earthbag Challenge - Part 1: Can 1 person build a 14-foot earthbag tiny house for less than $2,000?

UPDATE: JULY, 2022: Due to work obligations in another part of the United States, I ended-up selling this property. This is my Earthbag Challenge: Can 1 person, working alone in the desert, without road access, and without water or electricity build a 14-foot diameter, round earthbag tiny house.... for less than $2,000...and within 3 months? I'm going to try. ----------------------------------------- Part 1: My goal is to build an earthbag tiny-house on this plot of land in the southwest United States, close to the border of Mexico. There are several restrictions that are going to make this more challenging than a typical earthbag project. The first restriction, which is probably the biggest, is that there is no road access to the build-site: The site is over 3/4 of a mile (or 1.2 kilometers) from the nearest paved road. This means that I cannot get any large supplies or materials that require truck delivery. This limitation is why I chose to build with earthbags instead of other construction methods. Carrying in other types of construction materials would be very labor intensive, but carrying in several hundred empty earthbags is very easy. The second big limitation is that there is no water at the site. Water is added to the dirt when filling earthbags in order to make bags harden better. I have two 6-gallon containers that I will use to hand-carry water to the site. Each filled container will weigh about 41 pounds (a little over 18 kilograms). Carrying those containers a short distance is no problem, but carrying them across the soft sand from my van to the build-site will not be enjoyable. The third big limitation is that I do not have other people to help me. Most earthbag projects use a team of volunteers, which makes the work easier and the speed much faster. However, I am in a very remote area, about 17 miles from the nearest small town, and I don't even know anyone in that town. Another big challenge is the wind. I'm beginning this project during the windy season. During my first few days at the site, winds occasionally blew up to 45 MPH, creating dust storms where I could not see more than a few meters ahead, even though there was not a cloud in the sky. Inhaling flying sand and silica can be very bad for the lungs, so I am going to wear a respirator while working. This, along with a cover to protect my head from the intense sun exposure, makes for an interesting look. The land has slight variations in elevation, so I chose the highest area to begin building on. Doing this, should help to protect the building from flooding during the monsoon season, which occurs every summer. I am planning to build a 14 foot diameter circular earhtbag dome. Something similar to this. The first task is to clear an area of land and then create a circle using a spike at the center location, which has a piece of pvc pipe attached to it. This circle will be my guideline for the walls. I want the floor of the building to be between 2 and 3 feet below ground, so I am going to dig out the circle. Once the earth removed from the circle, I still had to hand-sculpt the circle's edges and then try to make the inside floor as level as possible. Also, I dug out another several inches around the interior edge of the circle. This will allow the first layer of earthbags to sit in a sort of pocket, giving the first layer a bit more stability. My main tools from this point forward are a pick-ax, ashovel, and a tamper. The pickaxe is used to loosen soil, the shovel is used to get soil into the bags, and the tamper is used to compress each layer of filled-bags. Most earthbag builders recommend putting a base of gravel underneath the first layer of earthbags, and filling the first several layers of earthbags with gravel, as well. The gravel creates a moisture barrier. This protects the earthbags walls which are above the gravel bags from becoming moist if there is any water exposure at ground level. If I were to use gravel in this way, I would have to have the gravel delivered 3/4 of a mile away from the site (because that is where the road ends), and then haul it, 1 wheelbarow at a time to the building site. This would take a huge amount of time and would be physically exhausting. So, I came up with an alternative idea to protect my bags from water damage. I purchased this roll of plastic sheeting from home depot, and layed it out around the circle perimeter. The idea is that the plastic will wrap around the all of the lower bags and rise a few feet on both the inside and the outside, preventing water from getting into the lower-level bags. Will it work? I hope so Now, I am ready to begin filling the earthbags and building the walls. I'll show you that in the next video. #offgrid #thermalmass #geothermal #forsale #earthbag