Zero Energy Passive Solar Bermed Earth Tire Bale Home - Pseudo Earthship 

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 tire bales make SOOO much more sense than wasting a year breaking your back, literally pounding dirt 🤣

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

i’m so glad i came across your page. So much information that most wouldn’t tell, especially warranty on window installations

Dear Jim, Thank you for taking the time to make this and for the wonderful explanation. J

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 .

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

I am also an engineer I enjoyed your video very informative and highly intelligent thank you

Good pros and cons video; more practical than most videos earthship type homes.

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.

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 RU-vid, and the Do It Yourself community!

I wanna live in a house like yours, but making enough money to buy the land is such an uphill battle holy cow!

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 RU-vid 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.

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.

Your wife did a fantastic job with the tile! Its beautiful!!

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.

Great job, definitely the best video on an "earthship" build I have seen to date!

Very interesting well put together commentary. As a contractor and engineer I enjoyed the straight forward method.

Awesome job and very informative! thank you so much for taking the time to do this video. Loved it :)

Fantastic video with great information. I can't wait to get a house like yours one day.

Thank you Jim, I really appreciate your taking the time to film this :)

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!!!

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.

Great presentation! You're living the life I've dreamed of since I was a teenager.

Loved this so much, thanks for taking the time and effort to put together such a nice, well-explained video!!

i have been on another information binge learning journey and i wound up here, thanks for sharing!

Fantastic video, I appreciate the work you put into it.

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!

Wonderfully thorough, Jim. Thank you so much!

Really enjoyed this, thank you

Thank you for sharing your home with us!

Very interesting! Thank you for posting this!

Amazing story. Thanks!

This is so awesome! Thanks so much for the great info! This is totally Earthship Goals!

Really great informative video -thanks for posting!

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

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 hone and nicely narrated. Thank you for sharing.

Fantastic, Jim! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you sir for showing us your lovely home.

Amazingly Beautiful!! Thank you!! 🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹

Awesome Jim, glad to see you made a video of your beautiful earthship. .

This video is absolutely amazing.

Real quality video youve put together Jim thanks for sharing your experience.

Thank you for such a thorough informative video.

Thank you so much for sharing

Excellent narration!!!

A beautifully well constructed designed build, love it!

This was incredibly helpful. Thanks so very much!!!

super job and love the suggestions...

Extremely well done video! Thank you for the time you put into this

Excellent detailed explanation. Thank you!

Organized. Structured. Great project. Great little video guide.

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.

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. :)

Beautiful home. Thank you for sharing

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!

Thank you for the video

Very informative. Thank you

Loved your home. Video is detailed and very helpful 🙏🏼

I love your tub! so much artistic attention to detail throughout your home, so lovely.

Great video and awesome home.

very informative. thanks for this video.

FANTASTIC video. Excellent production, and very informative. Thank you for this, sir.

Thank you for this information. Beautiful home,

Excellent presentation Jim and Vvinni.

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

You have a beautiful home. God bless you!

Never knew about tire bales. Even aside from that, excellent video full of great info, thank you!

Beautiful home.

Love it...great job

thank you for valuable knowledge

What a beautiful home❤

Awesome home!

You answered a lot of questions I've had about the process, especially the slanted windows. Thank you and God bless you both 🙏

Thanks for the idea for the tire wall. 😃😃

I like the way you did things better thank you for sharing

Very Informative!

Thank you so very much for sharing this information. It’s by far the best explanation of constructing an eco home I found on RU-vid. I hope you will come out with more content and updates regarding repairs and overall life in an earth ship home. Thanks again.

Hello Sir, thank you for this lovely video and for the detailed explanation, I enjoyed this so much I only wish there was more :)

Beautifully Explained. From Pakistan Loved the details of everything. Stay Blessed

Great explanation and I really like the good and bad stuff that you learned from the experience

Fantastic explanation and you are so kind for sharing your knowledge

Super helpful and your wife did such a beautiful job with the tiles

Great video Jim

Well done, hope you're enjoying re~tire~ment.

Tire bales!!! That's so smart and it saves so much Time!!!

An incredible, thorough presentation. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I myself am in the family stage, that you had mentioned and I am planning for the new world we are approaching. I am a tile guy for a living and I enjoyed hearing the praise for the trades that helped you on the build. You seem like a cool guy. I would have been enthusiastic to work on your house too!

Great video thank you!

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 .

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.

I want to build one of these someday. I have the land now. Great video!

Jim you have a beautiful home, the artistic additions are wonderful. Several years ago I found myself in Northern New Mexico and remembered the Earthship installation. Arriving late in the afternoon I discovered they would rent out their homes, here was one left “Phoenix West” which was an amazing experience I’d recommend to anyone interested in Earthships or not… Ever since that time I’ve wanted an Earthship however life hasn’t cooperated with my dreams. My wife and I lived in Southern Arizona but are thinking if may be time for a change as the summers are unbearably hot. Perhaps eastern Oregon as we like the high desert lifestyle… At any rate I really like your home, looks like you have a little piece of heaven to enjoy. Not a Facebook user so that’s out, perhaps you’ll create a webpage some day.

Thank you.

Very cool, Jim, well done. Reasons #4 and #5 are attractive for me. I'll bet the indoor plants are fantastic and the total absence of forced air would be a big health benefit (dust, mold, etc are eliminated). Enjoyed the video and learned a lot.

such a lovely house to live in! thanks for this video, we'd love to build an earthship for a big family of 10, but don't know how and where to start that's why we are watching videos like yours. Kudos to both of you!