dez mouth

hi bill . with regarrds to your cellar idea.. i know 100% that the initial part of your plan will hold back the water and the bags will stay if using the barbed wire in between each line of sacks. Another extra safety precaution can be to insert metal spiked rods all the way through the centres of each stack of sacks and into the ground for extra peice of mind. The issue I personally had was that the water will still creep from under these sacks as it searches for its lowest point. sollution Sumberible pump.

steve jones wrote:

dez mouth wrote:i have built approximatly 90cm below ground built onto natural clay with a (visqueen) plastic sheeting on the outer side and running into the property . the only issiue that i found was the water. something similar to a french drain and either a submersibile pump or hand pump alrarmed to a level sensor have resolved this.

what sort of "roofing" did you use before you buried it. thanks.

hi steve, sorry for the late reply man.. i have built just inside uk regulations so to achieve what i was after i built down beofre building up. max cap 250cm. ive now got a full grassed roof all salvaged from unwanted oak flooring & business' materials that they would have to pay to be removed. i will get a pic on here soon. but with regards to my building style i luckily had a small submerible pump that i was able to use every time the unit starting resmbling too much of a swimming pool! .. if it is that you are wanting to stop the water coming in whilst building then without knowing the climate and annual expectant downfalls ect it would be very difficult to gauge the type of overhang you would require to achieve a dry uneventful dig !! haha il post my pics asap

i have built approximatly 90cm below ground built onto natural clay with a (visqueen) plastic sheeting on the outer side and running into the property . the only issiue that i found was the water. something similar to a french drain and either a submersibile pump or hand pump alrarmed to a level sensor have resolved this.

thanks r scott... i guess i just needed to hear someone has done it alredy without the chicken wire. the bags are not the big big size that i have seen so i hope that the high ammount of chinks shall be all i need to reduce the costings and extra labour!

hello people... im currently constructing a semi underground dirtbag/ compressed polyeurothane sack constructed round house in the uk.. so far the walls/drainage & roof are complete (50% covered with grass also) i am just about at the point to start applying the clay taken from the grounds to the wall (accompanied with horse manure) could anybody tell me if they have gained any knowledge of applying said mixture directly onto these type of sacks and if the cob will adhere and stay ?? im hoping someone has already got past this stage without me having to test and then just wait and see! there is no moisture issues in the house at any levels . unfortunatle i cant find any knowledge on the tacticity?? of the formula onto a woven plastic material... thanks for hearing me out people .... your knowledge is power. Dez