Zero Energy Passive Solar Bermed Earth Tire Bale Home - Pseudo Earthship
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- Hello, my name is Jim Gagnepain, and I want to tell you about our zero-energy home. This video explains a lot of the construction details for this style of home. It discusses liveability and precautions, including loans, insurance, and the risks of using a large number of rubber tires in construction. We love our home. We lived in well-built conventional homes all our lives, and we find that our quality of life has improved dramatically.
The tire bales make SOOO much more sense than wasting a year breaking your back, literally pounding dirt 🤣
yeah me to beacuse of the beating each tire full of dirt I started not being so interested but the way this guy has done it I love that Ideal and to me makes more sense too
Yeah buts it’s the off gassing that has me worried
This is by far the best explanation and tutorial on the house that I have found yet. Thank you so much! I am forever grateful!
THE BEST!!!!
Very sorry informative….
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One of the best explanations , its nice to meet that smart peoole from time to time, it gives a filling and hope that humanity is not tottaly doomed and dumb
I am also an engineer I enjoyed your video very informative and highly intelligent thank you
i’m so glad i came across your page. So much information that most wouldn’t tell, especially warranty on window installations
I can vouch for the winter heating as my house outside of Santa Fe , N.M. had 65 ' of south facing windows and in January when it was 0° F outside , my house was 110° F inside and I had to open windows to keep from baking . The sun in the western states makes so many things possible .
As a general contractor with an engineering background I find these structures very interesting. Ive always desired to live in a non-conventional home, and have for many years been interested in alternative power sources. Have designed and built our own PV system to experiment with it usage here in the Tulsa area. Im convinced that an earthship inspires home is the way to go. The world around us isn’t getting any more stabilized, and having this type home would be a great shelter as the concerns with grid power, water etc continue to increase.
Nice job on a very nice home. Wife and I are looking at possibly going to the Earthship 180 in Valdez NM and staying for a week or so. There are some design flaws in that particular structure, but Im sure it has all been a part of the learning curve. Still an amazing home and unique property
What a nice interior. I never liked the glass art that most earthship builders seem to like. The tiles are beautiful. I could see myself living in a house like this with a byzantine tile motief.
What a great concept, and videos like yours are a big part of making earthship designs more mainstream and overcoming bureaucratic concerns. Thank you for making it.
Very educational and well presented! You held our interest the whole time. I would love to hear about how the plumbing, and possibly any unorthodox water systems were used in your build.
No guess work here. Refreshing to see somebody who did the home work before the video. I had questions at the beginning. But wow everything was answered by the end of the video.
Dear Jim,
Thank you for taking the time to make this and for the wonderful explanation. J
Tire bales!!! That's so smart and it saves so much Time!!!
Beautifully Explained. From Pakistan Loved the details of everything. Stay Blessed
I would like to thank you; this is by far the best explanation of the construction and ‘what its like to live in’ a passive solar home. I know other have commented they same thing, but its true. I have watched a bunch of RUclips video on this subject. You have provided a great amount of detail and answered all the question that a novice, like myself, would ask. Thank you for inviting us into your amazing home.
Great informative video. I used tires to control soil erosion in my sloped yard. Unfortunately I was stopped by neighbors concerned that it would leach chemicals into their yard and cause cancer. Can you believe that? So i took my tires up to my off grid property and construct an bermed cabin based on your principals. Theres always 2 sides for debate nowadays with anything. Have a great day!
Mahalo, Jim. Loved all the info and I paused to look at your wife's gorgeous art installations. May you two enjoy many more pleasant years together in your absoluately beautiful home. Aloha.
Very interesting well put together commentary. As a contractor and engineer I enjoyed the straight forward method.
Good pros and cons video; more practical than most videos earthship type homes.
Whatever gets them seen everyday all over this land is the thing.
People love these designs and are doing so many things to bring the option we all have to have shelter into the mainstream....
Someday these homes will no longer be such a hassle to get approved by 'The Suits'/government
This was incredibly helpful. Thanks so very much!!!
I personally love what your wife did with the tile. It really make the interior feel custom and "high end" to me. Also, thank for the tip on the tire bales, I didn't know they existed.
Our pleasure!
I wanna live in a house like yours, but making enough money to buy the land is such an uphill battle holy cow!
Hi Noah Sabin, I couldn’t agree with you more. I’m 1 week old to the concept of this type of housing build.
I was caught up by your words.
I just wanted to encourage you!!!
WE CAN DO IT!!!!!
Now when I walk thru my front door, a sense of unhappiness just engulfs me, with the way I’m living with my family of 5.
I’m great full that I have a home, but I’ve always asked if this was it?
I’m from a low income family, but I won’t let that stop me.
I’ve started shifting things in my life, that I’m hopeful that one day my kids will benefit from my efforts.
I wish you and yours the best of luck.
God Bless and take care!!!
Your wife did a fantastic job with the tile!
Its beautiful!!
GLAD I watched your video on your amazing build! I LOVE it, and it looks like fun to build. I have done conventional construction most of my life. Subbed and Follow on FB now. You Sir, are a CREDIT to RUclips, and the Do It Yourself community!
For anyone reading this comment - this suggestion is coming from an old earth builde:
It's an easy matter to incorporate (completely DRY, aged is best) raw or dimension lumber horizontally into your tire walls, especially where cupboards will be hung. Same goes for any interior adobe or rammed earth walls where door hinges, circuit breaker & outlet boxes, etc will go.
Plumbing and electrical chases can take advantage of the space behind those 2x or 4x horizontal runs.
Need to keep the course level from exterior to interior? Do a shallow bond beam of concrete the height of the wood behind the chases. Remember, any concrete coming all the way through exterior walls will readily 'wick' in the cold, so the treated wood - besides being nailers - helps separate that dense material from your ambient air. :)
Yes, it's always a challenge to hang things on a tire bale (or rammed-earth tire) wall. I spent all day working on hanging a big-screen TV on our tire bale wall. That's a good idea to incorporate the lumber into the walls. We rely on the shotcrete, and I can usually attach lumber to that, using the blue concrete screws. Thanks for sharing!
Great job, definitely the best video on an "earthship" build I have seen to date!
Thank you for taking the time to share all of this information! It's incredibly valuable. You've save many people lots of time, money and heartache as a result. PS - Your home is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Very instructive. I like that you discussed and showed each of the steps and particularly enjoyed the comments about various sticking points with permits and building code concerns that one might encounter. A beautiful home! Thanks for the information!
Great presentation! You're living the life I've dreamed of since I was a teenager.
Very thoughtful, well explained tutorial on earth ship building. Thanks Jim for sharing all your insights into the building of your wonderful home. We appreciate you taking us along for the ride.
When are you going to share your experience? Yours is so majestic that you should be able to garner a lot of interest.
Hello Jim from South Africa. Great video, thanks. We also have an off-grid home but live off grid in a very different way. Solar power (very small system, but managed well) No water supply and no sewerage supply. It's not an "earth ship" or anything special but is just great. No utility bill's either which is the best of all. We use propane for cooking and as a backup of our solar water heater. All your reasons are just right and lastly battery backup for us is the only "pain" Lead acid batteries are soon to be replaced with a Lithium Iron unit.
Dave, This sounds great! It's nice to hear from others who have discovered that it's not that hard to manage everyday living, without releasing a lot of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Dave faddel, do you have pics to show us as South Africans plz?
what awesome place. yt recommended this video due to me watching tons of passive solar greenhouse/chinese greenhouse videos. now i want a new house too haha
FANTASTIC video. Excellent production, and very informative. Thank you for this, sir.
I have been doing some research on these homes (not that I could afford to do one at this time) and this was one of the most informative presentations yet. I like how you pre-warn the viewers of certain trip-ups to expect such as insurance, coding, and financing hiccups. Great information. Thank you.
beautiful house.
Thank You Lieutenant! I highly recommend, if you can make it work.
Great news! PSE Engineering, out of Klamath Falls, OR, is now designing and engineering bermed homes built with tire bales. I spoke to one person who is in the process of building one of their designs, and they are very happy with it. www.structure1.com/tire-bale-home-engineering/
Very nice presentation with good information! I will check out the design company so thank you for providing that. We live in Colorado also and would love to take advantage of the Natural Energy. Thanks again I will check out your Facebook page.
@@kathyreese4052 A tad creepy, but I am Kathy also... and am looking to do the same in Colorado! Good luck. I think that's wonderful!
@@KathleenEdge I visited a PSE Engineering designed home, about 90 miles West of Albuquerque. The design is very functional, and meets all the criteria of an Earthship. It is often difficult to find an Engineer to sign off an earthship design, but PSE Engineering has a Structural Engineer on their staff!
Wow, you sir gave a hell of a presentation very informative and insightful, your home is beautiful I gained alot of valuable information thank you .
Fantastic, Jim! Thanks for sharing.
Amazing story. Thanks!
Great video and awesome home.
Thank you Jim, I really appreciate your taking the time to film this :)
Very interesting! Thank you for posting this!
Thank you for sharing your home with us!
Thank you sir for showing us your lovely home.
Awesome home!
Love it...great job
super job and love the suggestions...
Wonderfully thorough, Jim. Thank you so much!
Great video thank you!
Fantastic video, I appreciate the work you put into it.
Great video Jim
i have been on another information binge learning journey and i wound up here, thanks for sharing!
fantastic video. thanks!
you have made everything so easy for many people. you have cut most difficult part of earthship, pounding tires. thank you. the possibilities are endless.
Beautiful hone and nicely narrated. Thank you for sharing.
Really great informative video -thanks for posting!
Awesome job and very informative! thank you so much for taking the time to do this video. Loved it :)
Excellent narration!!!
Awesome Jim, glad to see you made a video of your beautiful earthship. .
Excellent presentation Jim and Vvinni.
Sir, your logistical skills are impressive.
Really enjoyed this, thank you
Real quality video youve put together Jim thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for this information. Beautiful home,
Thank you for the video
Loved your home. Video is detailed and very helpful 🙏🏼
You have a beautiful home. God bless you!
Thank you for such a thorough informative video.
You answered a lot of questions I've had about the process, especially the slanted windows. Thank you and God bless you both 🙏
Super helpful and your wife did such a beautiful job with the tiles
Thank you so much for sharing
Organized. Structured. Great project. Great little video guide.
This video is absolutely amazing.
Excellent detailed explanation. Thank you!
What a beautiful home❤
Loved this so much, thanks for taking the time and effort to put together such a nice, well-explained video!!
Beautiful home. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for the idea for the tire wall. 😃😃
A beautifully well constructed designed build, love it!
Amazingly Beautiful!! Thank you!! 🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹
Great Information and understandable! Thank you for sharing your home, it's lovely and I can see all the love that you both put into it.
Very Informative!
Extremely well done video! Thank you for the time you put into this
This is so awesome! Thanks so much for the great info! This is totally Earthship Goals!
I want to build one of these someday. I have the land now. Great video!
Very informative.
Thank you
great vid
Never knew about tire bales. Even aside from that, excellent video full of great info, thank you!
Good video, Thanks!
Beautiful home.
thank you for valuable knowledge
Fantastic explanation and you are so kind for sharing your knowledge
very, very interesting!
Fantastic video with great information. I can't wait to get a house like yours one day.
Great idea to use tire bale - filling tires with ground is a nightmare (very time consuming and required lot of volunteers).
im so glad i saw this video. I kept thinking on the amount of labor that’s required to pack them tires, but tire bales...could be the next best thing since slice bread.
I still cannot find a place that has the tire bales and will ship them
Front Range Tire Recyclers 303-660-0090. The owner is Rick Welle. His cell is 303-500-2323. Another friend of mine built more recently, and he used a different source - American Tire Recycling (Duane Immel) 303-638-7150. Both of those are Denver area code numbers. Not sure where you're located.
very informative. thanks for this video.
Hello Sir, thank you for this lovely video and for the detailed explanation, I enjoyed this so much I only wish there was more :)
Thank you so very much for sharing this information. It’s by far the best explanation of constructing an eco home I found on RUclips. I hope you will come out with more content and updates regarding repairs and overall life in an earth ship home. Thanks again.
Really appreciate how thorough and unbiased you were in explaining y’all’s experience! Like some others in the comments I’ve never heard of the tire bales, that’s something to look into.
Also love how grounded and kind-hearted you feel, glad you guys get to live the life you want!