Earthships- bermed tire wall construction
albion10
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Howdy, i have had way too much free time so i have been reading about earthship homes and watching some yuo tube videos. But I wonder why they cost a little more then a conventional home? Tire pounding by sledge hammer seems like folly- A hydrolic jack would sure cut out many hours of labor.
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See if you can find the video about building Dennis Weaver's house -- they used a "pogo stick" air tool.
(I suspect that pounding works better than the static pressure you'd get with a hydraulic jack. Besides, what would you have the other end of the jack press on?)
That is a great video an Mr Weaver was ahead of his time in constucting that home. There is a video of a home made jack pretty simple works like drum brakes- might even be two truck brakes with a ram that pushes out both..
I should have responded to this earlier. See my post on tire bales, for bermed earth homes.
http://forums.finehomebuilding.com/breaktime/construction-techniques/tire-bale-bermed-walls
If you search my name, you'll also find an older post, with many more pictures.