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Joe Adventure wrote:WOW...this is fabulous! Welcome Kelly!!!
PLEASE give information on WHERE earthbag building is accepted.
What is the point of learning HOW if there is no opportunity to
apply?
*Where in CA can you build?
*Is this only for a retirement person?
*If location is so limited then jobs are limited.
In other words...great idea, but application seems difficult.
Thank you...
Kelly Hart
www.greenhomebuilding.com
Alan Olson wrote:Looks like Kelly's got a good book for smaller projects - not sure about living in one too long! But thinking about it too build a permanent greenhouse!
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r ranson wrote:
Alan Olson wrote:Looks like Kelly's got a good book for smaller projects - not sure about living in one too long! But thinking about it too build a permanent greenhouse!
I can build a greenhouse with earthbags? Why has no one told me this before?
I knew there are some amazing building built with earthbags, but can it really work for something as simple (and damp) as a greenhouse?
Kelly Hart
www.greenhomebuilding.com
I know that in Hesperia, California the CalEarth Institute got code acceptance for several of their designs.
Joe Adventure wrote:
I know that in Hesperia, California the CalEarth Institute got code acceptance for several of their designs.
Thanks Kelly...by retirement and employment I refer to location, if Hesperia, CA allows for earthbag designs, the one has to move to Hesperia and is limited to working from Hesperia which means one would almost need to be retired to live there. Same with other counties. Agreed earthbag designs as supplemental use is great, but not for home use. Then there are the locals who have traditional housing not usually thrilled their neighbor has a "hobbit home" next door. Just keeping it real.
Kelly Hart
www.greenhomebuilding.com
Joe Adventure wrote:Chalk this up to electronic communication and its shortcomings...
I disagree with you that earthbag building is only useful for supplemental purposes.
There have been many lovely and comfortable homes built with earthbags; they can resemble
most conventional building styles, so the neighbors should have no basis for complaint.
I do not see this at the Cal Earth site anywhere...maybe I have missed this, but where?
Where are these homes being built and in what states and counties? I see everything on
the HOW, but not much on the WHERE. State codes and laws are huge hoops to deal with
and those are in off grid counties like Hesperia which is far from employment unless you
want to work a $10 hr job at the local Subway. Few options in this location...
Kelly Hart
www.greenhomebuilding.com
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Elaine Chestler wrote:Hi Kelly! I’m really excited to read your book! I’m hoping to build a small Earthbag dome or cylindrical structure in Moab, UT. Do you have any recommendations for a natural type of roofing to protect from weather?
Thanks!
Elaine
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M. Tok wrote:Hi Kelly, thank you very much as I have already learned so much from your blogs. And some questions just pop up every day.
I would like to learn about eaves and loft in a dome structure.
During putting the joists for the loft, is it possible to use very long joists so that the outer parts are used for eaves?
Kelly Hart
www.greenhomebuilding.com
Kelly Hart wrote:
Elaine Chestler wrote:Hi Kelly! I’m really excited to read your book! I’m hoping to build a small Earthbag dome or cylindrical structure in Moab, UT. Do you have any recommendations for a natural type of roofing to protect from weather?
Thanks!
Elaine
There have been at least two buildings made with earthbags in Moab; see http://earthbagbuilding.com/projects/kennedyhouse.htm and http://earthbagbuilding.com/articles/honeyhouse.htm
A green roof is probably the most natural; cedar shakes are nice; thatch is possible, but tricky to source the thatch and know how to do it.
Community Building 2.0: ask me about drL, the rotational-mob-grazing format for human interactions.
Kelly Hart
www.greenhomebuilding.com
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