david danielson

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

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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