Off Grid Earthbag Workshop Part 62 wall plates and earthbags 

Agree....will last 500 years!

Everything he does is a masterpiece!

@@gregormiller4037 lol... They would be listed buildings

Why yes for sure they can't climb a set of stairs with out a handrail but they still use the elevator instead.

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Be careful if you do. carful design is important in this climate. You must have large roof overhangs and a none exposed site or prolonged wet weather will cause problems.

I had a client with a spinal cord injury caused by improper lifting that made it impossible to sit, stand, or lie down for more than 15 minutes at a stretch. Obviously he couldn’t work or even really care for himself, his personal relationships deteriorated into nothingness, and while opiates provided some relief if taken in volume, it’s not much of a life to be nodding off all the time. His was the worst situation I saw but I had hundreds of other clients whose lives were utterly destroyed by spinal damage caused by lifting injuries. I don’t yell at people who lift improperly because I know it doesn’t do any good, but there’s a living hellmouth yawning for people with spinal injuries. FYI.

@@twestgard2 I didnt see him lift improperly, nothing wrong with deadlift. 'lift with your knees they say' - yeah fuck that, my knees are fucked from lifting with knees. proper form is legs + back. Look at any pro doing a deadlift, hinge at waste, slight bend, straight back.

I have actually been lifting heavy things for my entire adult life. My previous job involved a lot of heavy lifting, i have fitted over 60 elevators from the point they arrive on site on a lorry to a functional lift and i worked alone doing this for over 6 years. I have done power lifting for years and used to dead lift 155kg i then went on to rock climbing at a pretty decent level for a few years. in the last 5 years built most of these buildings mostly alone. Just this workshop alone weighs over 150 tons and i have moved most of it myself a few times over. I would not know where to even start in working out the total amount of mass i have moved working alone but its in the thousands of tons. And in all this time working alone moving things heavier than i am i have had just a handful of muscle injuries and none of them were while lifting. the worst one was from pulling a bramble out the ground and the last shoulder injury i had i woke up with having no idea how i did it. that is over 17 years of heavy lifting and no bad back. Being young helps of course but im 34 now so not exactly a spring chicken, i dont think heavy lifting is the thing that hurts backs. i think its lack of heavy lifting and then lifting heavy things that hurts backs.

@@DaveDaveAlanAlan Yeah, I hear that. Your first comment sounded to me like “it doesn’t matter how you lift,” whereas your second comment sounds more like “it matters but he’s doing it right.” There are a lot of people who say the first thing and I’ve had to deal with the consequences of that bad advice. The second thing is much more reasonable.

@@KrisHarbour I appreciate the response. Sounds like you have a lot of experience and training, and most importantly you’re paying attention to safety. Obviously one could always say more about lifting but hey, RU-vid has all kinds of videos on that topic too, right? 😀

About 3mins 40secs has your answer.

Zulus in Wales? Certainly you mean the English?

@@hardyvonwinterstein5445 You have to pay to visit Wales so deffo not the English! lol

I tried that before and didnt have much luck with it but i was using it to try and stop midges. so maybe it works on horse flies

No it isnt, it was going to be but i changed it to allow the walls to be lower but still have room in the centre to lift a van up. there is a central frame and the roof sits on that.

@@KrisHarbour roof sounds interesting, can’t wait

Yep seems to be, No trouble for about two weeks now.

@@KrisHarbour Glad to hear that mate. Take care.

after a couple of years, when the bags fall apart, the building will fall asleep

to stop the bags from sliding around

the bags and earth form around it and dry solid, it adds a large amount of grip so a bag cant move easily. Im not sure its critical at all but it will add strength for sure.

@@KrisHarbour thanks for the info! I like what you do! Keep up the great work and stay healthy! Greetings from Germany!

Yes, I was hoping we might get a wee snippet from Dot to see how your garden was coming along 🙂

Here in the US I've seen the suggestion to use Irish Spring soap bar to chase the horse flies away. We have them here in Florida and the issues Kris had while working is the same here. I tried the soap thing and it seems to be working for now.

Well that’s awesome to know about Irish Spring soap! A friend of mine put a bit of diesel on a rag and swore it kept all pests away! Probably friends too! Lol

@@kgal63 I was told by an apple orchard owner that he used Irish Spring soap around his young apple trees to keep the deer from devastating the tasty young branches. He said it works a treat! Horse flies too? I wonder if it will work on Greenheads? (Maybe that's just another name for horse fly because they are nasty, persistent biters).

watch and learn, its what i did....

Nice one. 😅

Actually, it might just be a pun - or, it might be a dumbass comment..........!

@@andymccabe6712 funny either way....