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Not really relevent. Wonder what happens if you hit a metal roof with an oxyacetylene torch. Issue I see with metal roofs are cavity under metal creating a trap for embers and a wind tunnel. Has to be really a tight assembly with no gap or voids. Otherwise, the metal roofs are worse in wildfires than class A shingles.

Great presentation 👏 👌 💯

This is a great way to get rid of the misinformation and lies that adobe isnt strong or long lasting. More people should see this!

Do you have more info on this? Models for sale or blueprints or anything?

Awesome!!

People I have a cob house and the powers that be dont want you building with this material because then there no need for their loans and taxes. I built my home for 20K and most of that cost was concrete on the inside floor and counter. This idea that you need a stick framed house for it to be a good home needs to go away. 80%+ around the world still live in earthen structures. Get your hands dirty.

Thank you for sharing these designs.

So I am trying to understand what the bricked structure shown on camera is doing for you... Would it be correct to say that it directs the flow and sets the overflow point? And perhaps serves as a leaf mulch harvesting device in smaller rainfall events? Edit: Just realized what that amount of water would do to your soil if let loose without an overflow control like this... Damn! Hahah, that would just erode out whatever you have growing there. So I now assume it is to pacify the water, take out its umph before letting it overflow more calmly into other areas.

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I would love to know your opinion on a system that is put together in a classic fashion but with primo materials, my idea is a metal roof over thick rock wool exterior insulation and instead of plywood use a concrete board or exterior drywall type noncombustible sheathing oh and over metal studs

Art, thanks to the inspiration from reading your books, I have created an amazing rainwater-harvesting system and off-grid homestead that provides my family clean drinking water and domestic water for the last 8 years. You are the man. Cheers! -Logan Parker

I'm so glad that this testing is done! I also found some of the materials online on the Cal Poly website. But I'm just totally flabbergasted at these imperial numbers.

mololitic.... nice word.

im gonna donate later, because i think you could buy more soil

i dont know how you have few subcriptors

simple and beautiful idea

i hope you swim in that pools

what a nice video; excellent register and explanation and comments.

Cool this will be a good resource to show to councils. Thank you!

Thanks for this video, is there any more showing the other 3 walls and their differences? I'm planning to build my own earthen house in GT early next year and I'm having a hard time finding any resources on proper earthquake resistance. Most example houses/builds I'm finding are simply monolithic cob or compressed earth in some form.

Bad test... Why? Propane is much hotter than an ember. The real question is... at what temperature do shingles catch on fire?

or just put the washing machine on your back veranda and leave the hose on the garden - costs nothing and requires no skills... why over-complicate it?

Great job showing us this! Thank you!

I live in a town that is struggling with runoff. I purchased one of your books in an erroft to do my part in conserving water and am currently picking up what you've put down :) thanks for sharing all of your work and cant wait for any updates you may have!

I live in Tucson and have been stumbling my way towards water harvesting proficiency. Based on Art's work I am doing the following: 1) redoing ALL of my previous installs to make them pressurized systems, and 2) doing installs that would otherwise not be feasible without the pressure and the ease of delivery utilizing green back valves. Thanks Art. Shawn www.AquaVetsAZ.com

What changes would I need to make for colder, subzero weather?

Excellent. Thank you Art for sharing your knowledge. We tell all of our Permaculture students to purchase your Oasis Greywater book. Continued good fortune, Alex Cicelsky and Mike Kaplin

That’s some pretty impressive work, Art. Well done. Thanks for sharing it. It appears that storm water and recycled water will become important sources for many of us in the not too distant future. -Rick Merrifield, Goleta Water District Board of Directors

This is really wonderful! I hope you make more videos.

Great work Art and Oasis. I like the combination of pragmatism, idealism, and data!

great video Art

Nice work! Very impressive.