Beautiful Rammed Earth Wall Revealed - Vlog 67 

That is a great idea and we will definitely do that next time. Thanks for the tip!

Nice idea! Adding that one to the list.

That is so encouraging! Thank you so much! We are so glad we can bring some joy through our project

Hello Brazil

We actually had @Kyle Landau and @ Mel Lyons suggest using sand and I think that would work best because it would be easier to remove once the wall is in place. I would be concerned that the wood wouldn't come out after the weight of the wall was on it.

Over here we call rammed earth taipa de pilao. The ancient churches in ouro preto where built with a similar technique 400years ago. But they use crushed bricks ,lime and whales oil instead of cement because... Well cement was not invented yet

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That is so flattering, at the moment we haven't given much thought to bringing on interns but Kendall and I will chat through it and see what the next few years holds.

@@RedEarthRanch Thank you very much I'm serious right now if you ever want to spend some time in Mexico Let me know

@@czependoza That is so kind! We will definitely let you know

I don't know how that would hold up over time, might be worth a try though

When you do, PLEASE let us know. We love hearing about others building their dreams too

Interesting! Thanks for the heads up

Good call! We will have to try that

I honestly don't know. I'm not an expert by any stretch. I would reach out to SIREWALL and see what they say about the build site.

Same Scott! Advice I got was to bring in soil from the closest place possible that has a good clay mix. Its cost neutral if your own soil is poor and would require a great degree of sifting and mixing. Sometimes better to just bring the good stuff (costs money obviously) and then save on labor costs in construction (efficient labor etc).

We didn't source any of the material on site because in order to get the strengths desired the material has to be pretty pure. So in order to use onsite material we would need to build a filtering system to get organic material out and sizing correct. This proved more expensive and extensive than just sourcing the material from a quarry. If everything goes smooth (ie no equipment failure, weather issues, health issues, etc.) the walls take about 2 days to form and 2-3 days to ram.

Yeah sure, but it's not the same outcome.

That's GREAT! The best advice I can give is to connect with SIREWALL. They have been amazing to work with and can help provide the knowledge needed to do it yourself. As far as a work exchange, we have a lot further to go on our project and can't really commit to other projects until ours is done. Able to provide tips and tricks but not labor at the moment.

You are absolutely correct and we will be doing this next time. All part of the learning process and we are so thankful to have a community of people with WAY more experience than us. Thanks so much for the tip!

We don't have anything but SIREWALL does. I would reach out to them

Yes we are using 2 different iron oxide cement dyes.

For sure! We will need to do that next time. Thanks for the tip!

We did a 6 in slab with 3ft wide x 2ft deep footers. that's probably overkill but so is the whole project

We'll see :-D

Thank you! hopefully it will work :-/

Thank you so much 😀

Seriously it has been quite a summer LOL

enjoying the journey by the way - and fair play to your bro for taking the comment the right way - Please make that t-shirt, I'll buy :-D - love from Ireland

That would have worked too.

It is amazing everytime

I'm not sure. We had SIREWALL help us with the mix design. Their experience in this has been extremely helpful

That's an interesting idea! Does the rebar still provide structural strength when it isn't touching the inside of the wall?

@@RedEarthRanch its the same as a drilled hole you have to slide the rebar into the hole so there is still movement. Here is a vid. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KEnhStMwhZY.html BUT I now put 2 rebars either side of the 20mm rod as well going into the wall.

Thinking about this idea... i think it would provide a shear strength if the fit was tight enough, And allow for miniscule movement, possibly reducing cracks (between wall sections) from temperature or ground swell movements. One side slid into the pipe and the other exposed would ensure a constant contact, and any (up to about half the diameter of the pipe wall) compression would be absorbed by the inserted pipe while allowing the wall to move independantly to resist cracking. Granted, any major movement would result in sheer force cracks between wall sections where the rebar is installed bare, and cracks would appear between sections with plastic pipe being used, but i believe the movement between sections would need to be even more extreme. I am no engineer, but the physical movement between walls will eventually (hopefully not for another 500 years or so) happen, and cracks will eventually happen as a result. Using the plastic pipe as a "shock absorber" or cushion, as an internal mechanism does not seem a bad idea. I have watched videos about how to stop cracks on cinder block walls, and they are now built to allow for movement, using thin sheets or stripes of metal, and intentionally cutting the walls to create joints. The walls move at the joints but are held in place by those thin strips. I was thinking you don't have any sheer joints... was wondering if cracking would start once a few corners got tied into the structure. I hope not, but being caught up in the excitement of what you are doing, i never thought about it until i read this comment.

We plan on placing rigid conduit in the forms and ramming around it

You and me both!

Thank you!

Kami menambahkan bahan yang membuat air keluar

Anda membutuhkan atap yang bagus kuat dengan overhang yang baik, setidaknya satu meter. Juga dinding pondasi juga harus cukup tinggi agar air hujan tidak mengenai dinding tersebut.

I agree! I'm a big fan of them