david danielson

I'm in the process of uploading more content about the building method I have developed using IBCs - links to my  Instagram are within the video makers description... Link to YouTube in my Instagram...new to this all and trying not to get distracted from my day "job" of being a natural farming educator.
I adopted Fukuoka methods for building and let the rain do the work.

I answer more and all questions via Instagram,not here really

avoid planners at all costs in uk

The land is mostly on a south/southwest facing hill which is steep and therefore I had my neighbour use a digger to flatten a space - effectively making a terrace.

The IBCs were stacked and the spoil was used to bury as much as possible. But the hill limited the spoil that could be used so only east, west and north sides by using digger.

Ideally south side would be open (u shaped like an earthship) but as it needed to be hidden (hilltop, but visible from a distance) the south side was all earth bags. That said, E, W + N walls could only be covered 1.2m of the 2.4m height.

My first walipini builds were essentially solar ovens by virtue of the orientation and soil (3” top soil then shillet and slate thereafter - not muddy) - I got the idea of not digging down but building up - and so used IBCs as they are “waste” ( I make organic farming & Cosmetic solutions from hemp oil) and wanted to make a factory from my factory waste. I have built another and it is my factory.

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Dale Ziemianski wrote:Thanks.
So I was wondering... Does water do a better job of maintaining a livable temperature than, say, earthbags?

I believe 20x more - that was the principle (potential lie) i was working on. Even if that is an exaggeration it is surrounded by earth bags so hard to say.


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david danielson wrote:UK based homesteader who tinkers with natural and/or eco building methods.

One of my earthship inspired builds was documented and introduced on the YouTube channel “Liveration” but I sense this community would be interested in more details regarding permaculture technology utilised over what is now 5 experimental builds of underground homes on my playground I call home.

I welcome any questions - ideas I have, answers I will give

Instagram. /50millionmillilitremansion

YouTube:     /@50millionmillilitremansion


DOC

this is specialist and expensive (posh) and expensive, net bags never fail - double bagging makes net bags handle sharp stones easily without tearing or splitting

I only answered the questions they asked and 30 minutes of a 20 year odyssey is limited - as you have demonstrated a Permie asks the right ones!

This is v0.2 (current build is 0.5) and lessons learnt for sure.

IBCs are stacked, wrapped with silage tarp/dpm/foil insulation and layered geo-tex with hyper-adobe to hide and offer extra insulation
Floors and Roof insulated to 150mm
All materials are recycled/recovered except for white paint

updates:
v0.3 was made with structural insulated panels (extra £ but build time was 1 day - not including earth bag exterior)

I use the 45x60cm net bags as I wasted hours trying to find net rolls. Truthfully that is a Temu or Vevor order rather than ebay.

The bags actually are much easier to work with as a solo builder i have found - whenever i move earth i bag it.

this is how i make ponds and living walls for all structures, a hole becomes a wall very quickly, so raised beds and mini swales are legion!

Fifty Million Millilitre Mansion wrote:UK based homesteader who tinkers with natural and/or eco building methods.

One of my earthship inspired builds was documented and introduced on the YouTube channel “Liveration” but I sense this community would be interested in more details regarding permaculture technology utilised over what is now 5 experimental builds of underground homes on my playground I call home.

I welcome any questions - ideas I have, answers I will give
DOC

UK based homesteader who tinkers with natural and/or eco building methods.

One of my earthship inspired builds was documented and introduced on the YouTube channel “Liveration” but I sense this community would be interested in more details regarding permaculture technology utilised over what is now 5 experimental builds of underground homes on my playground I call home.

I welcome any questions - ideas I have, answers I will give
DOC