Have you ever heard of a type of a home called an Earthbag? It may seem like it's a complex style of shelter, but it's really not. It's actually pretty self-explanatory.
It's a small home constructed of bags that are packed with dirt and sand. The video on the next page will show you how one couple decided to build their very own earthbag home and it's pretty incredible.
Soon you'll see how in just a few months this house got built. If you're considering living an off-grid lifestyle watching this video will make the process easier.
Watch to see the progress this couple makes on building this shelter, and you'll want to make one too!
Check out how an earthbag house was built from the ground up on this incredible time lapse video on the next page.
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So when the sun eats these bags away, your home turns into a big mudslide…??
All plastic is subject to sun, heat and weather rot, I wonder what happens when those bags are compromised and the rains come? Is there portland mix in the bags?
Regina Leal
Cool,until the county gets wind of it and makes you tear it down
Portland would be a good idea . I was thinking quickcrete might work too. And I didn’t see how they secured the roof. It looked like it was just gravity. Not good in an Alaskan winter
Portland would be a good idea . I was thinking quickcrete might work too. And I didn’t see how they secured the roof. It looked like it was just gravity. Not good in an Alaskan winter
Yea, I really want to look at plastic bags in my house……
No thanks.
Lol the plastic bag look isn’t the finish product. I think you do like a stucco or something like that.
Living in the wrong county lol sure it will be under state or federal law soon though.
Josh Braybrooks
Rachel L Chase
Don Poe
Eric Hazlett
How about a gabion wall house
No, it doesn’t… You’re supposed to stucco or kind of plaster over it using a clay and sand mixture, kind of like Adobe, or Cob then paint over that, or use some type of sealer…It will last for 100 years or better and be super insulated…Great low cost building method, but kinda’ labor intensive.
A modern sod house
Ernie Heath
Awesome!
Aren’t the bags just going to discintigrate after the sun destroys them?
I”m not quite seeing how this is practical. There’s little support, the elements are going to eventually tear through those bags and there’s no real protection since the windows and doors aren’t actually held in there by anything other than bags. Are they planning on using adobe or something else to actually cover the bags?
Christina Sypniewski
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Won’t they get wet when it rains
Notice it is refereed to as an “Earthbag” home instead of a “Dirtbag” home:)
Where do you get the bags at?
Nick Perri. Check this out.
Close to what brother Rob Jackson was talking about
Jonathan
Cool idea, but I do know water beats dirt, nothing beats block and steel,
I’m absolutely in love with block.
Samuel Colton Sr.
Adam Scott Gillins
Yes please!