Hello to Jared Medvissen from a quote about a year ago. I am picking up on your message regarding the Hesco Bastions used for military use. I saw a video on them and I too felt they could be used or adapted to the earthbag structure. I live in New Brunswick CANADA where it get pretty darn cold in the winter time. I was planning to build an earthbag house on my isolated lot on Prince Edward Island. Using the circle as the strongest earthbag structure I priced out the cages on Hesco and Amazon and its way over my budget. Then I got researching and found that you can get 100' of Galvanized Welded wire mesh 4"x2" for $144.00 (here in Canada). My structure would be approx. 94 linear feet so I would need approx 2 1/2 rolls tied every 2-3 feet with tension wire. The bottom and sides would be covered with landscape fabric $30 for 200 ft. The bottom 2 ft would be gravel, then the rest would be clay/sand mix tamped in using a backhoe. Even renting a backhoe, the days you would save would easily pay for itself. I would also dig a 12" trench 3 ft wide to place the gabion wall on. The last two feet on top I would use earthbags and lime mortar row to embed the roof poles. If not too costly I would also sprinkle lime powder amongst the soil as I'm tamping. The lime will also be used in the plastering inside and out, the wire mesh being a good network to hold onto. The reason I am set on the gabion walls is I have limited summer days and the time to build everything from bottom to top with earthbag houses would catch me into freezing weather. I would use bolt cutters to cut out my door ways and windows and reinforce more strongly with tension wire. Would really like your input on this or anyone elses. If the zoning laws are too restrictive on my 800-900 sq ft home, I can get away with 250 sq ft. For first try anyway
