george auckland

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Hello,

I am thinking about buying some property close to a town in east Texas and building a cinder block earth ship. Exactly the same layout as an Earthship. Replace tires for Cinder blocks, and have a professionally pored foundation.  It's pretty humid in east Texas. The issue i have read is that the earth thermal mass surrounding the houses causes moisture build up in the house, and then mold.

My Question is this:

If i used cinderblock instead of tires, and put a foot of thermal barrier between the thermal dirt mass and the cinder blocks, would that fix the condensation problems? Not going for 100% recycled, going for off grid potential.

George
1 year ago