I just finished reading Building an Earthbag Round House by Morgan Caraway of the Sustainable Life School. This PDF ebook describes Morgan’s experience of building his first attempt at earthbag construction some 15 years ago. As he says, there are many ways he would do things differently these days, but he basically got most of it right the first time… and I applaud him for that.
This 106 page book is lavishly illustrated with photos taken during construction that show him and his wife taking the building process from initial planing through all of the stages to final completion. You see the creation of a rubble trench foundation and stem wall, the installation of door and window bucks, the use of a central compass for creating symmetrical and level wall courses, on up to framing a circular roof and waterproofing it. Earthen plastering, both inside and outside, and then the…
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