I love watching these videos. The workers are working HARD and it shows. Thank you for documenting and explaining the process of building these awesome off grid houses.
@@scottkipp Yes :-( If you win the lottery or dont mind wasting money than you might be able to bribe or pay for engineers, architects, building officials and get it approved but here in Nova Scotia you cant just build yourself a house like this. I would love to build one and actually have the skill, energy and knowledge for it but anything out of the ordinary plastic 2x6 construction and you are screwed. Its actually already really bad because you need a signature from a licensed electrician, plumber, etc.
The tires are easy and I think free to get about anywhere. Talk to your local tire shop and they have to pay someone to take them away, so you can usually get them for free. I think it is that easy. You might need to collect them from multiple shops, but they aren't hard to get.
This is gold country in the Rocky mountains above Golden, CO so the bedrock is full of quartz. There is a 6-10' layer of soil above the bedrock with a lot of clay and tons of rock in it. The pine trees and grass grow on it. Where we were building, they had scraped the soil away and we were building on bedrock. Some of the videos show that we're using a jackhammer to break the rock up.
They have to pay a lot of money for a backhoe and operator, so they used us because we paid them so we could dig those trenches and pack tires. It was weird to be toiling away for a long time and then a backhoe comes in and does what it took a team of people to do in a longer time. I think it's just a matter of resources, but sometimes you can't get a backhoe in certain places.
I think you lose the integrity of the tires if you cut the tops off. It is hard work packing the dirt under the top of the tires, so it would be easier to cut them in half. I'm not the expert on this topic, so those are just my thoughts.
I love watching these videos. The workers are working HARD and it shows. Thank you for documenting and explaining the process of building these awesome off grid houses.
Thanks for watching! You're the driving force behind this project. Thanks for all the great lunches!
You answered some of my questions about the backfilling and vapor barriers in this one thanks
Glad it helped explain more. I need to show how some of the other systems are built as well..
Another great video! Good progress on the home.
Glad you enjoyed it. More to come.
you should run some rebar in the wall vertically for support.
Thanks that was interesting to see. Of course it is illegal here in Nova Scotia .
Building an Earthship is illegal?
@@scottkipp Yes :-( If you win the lottery or dont mind wasting money than you might be able to bribe or pay for engineers, architects, building officials and get it approved but here in Nova Scotia you cant just build yourself a house like this. I would love to build one and actually have the skill, energy and knowledge for it but anything out of the ordinary plastic 2x6 construction and you are screwed. Its actually already really bad because you need a signature from a licensed electrician, plumber, etc.
Hey man, where did you get all them tires? What did It set you back? Thanks for your video and time.
The tires are easy and I think free to get about anywhere. Talk to your local tire shop and they have to pay someone to take them away, so you can usually get them for free. I think it is that easy. You might need to collect them from multiple shops, but they aren't hard to get.
Where are you? Which soil type ?
This is gold country in the Rocky mountains above Golden, CO so the bedrock is full of quartz. There is a 6-10' layer of soil above the bedrock with a lot of clay and tons of rock in it. The pine trees and grass grow on it. Where we were building, they had scraped the soil away and we were building on bedrock. Some of the videos show that we're using a jackhammer to break the rock up.
You got a backhoe on site, and people are hand digging trenches?
They have to pay a lot of money for a backhoe and operator, so they used us because we paid them so we could dig those trenches and pack tires. It was weird to be toiling away for a long time and then a backhoe comes in and does what it took a team of people to do in a longer time. I think it's just a matter of resources, but sometimes you can't get a backhoe in certain places.
Why don't you just cut off the top of the tires, wouldn't it be easier?
I think you lose the integrity of the tires if you cut the tops off. It is hard work packing the dirt under the top of the tires, so it would be easier to cut them in half. I'm not the expert on this topic, so those are just my thoughts.