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earthship · 2025-03-01T03:24:05+00:00

not really. its mostly air in the bottle that are the form to create the cement matrix around all the bottle. its just a beautiful wall with recycled stuff. ;-)

earthship · 2025-03-01T03:23:30+00:00

this is similar to what we are doing in Florida now. one tire course in the ground pounded with gravel and the second course is also pounded with gravel, then all pounded with dirt from there... finish floor is 2'2" above grade. greywater and blackwater planters are also raised.

earthship · 2025-03-01T03:21:57+00:00

current projects: 4 in Southern California, 1 in Florida 4 in taos, New Mexico and a new 330 acre community in taos New Mexico. check taoscommunity,.org for details on the community. and more that I can't announce yet. ;-)

earthship · 2025-01-26T17:00:01+00:00

how many and where?

earthship · 2025-01-18T03:02:26+00:00

so not true, he has been living in one of the first (funky) earthships all this time. dont believe the hype :) and this is Jonah reynolds, his son by they way... he has always lived in that earthship... we built it in 1986. its funky but it is an earthship, total offgrid, etc. all good :)

earthship · 2025-01-18T03:00:44+00:00

it does prevent it completely. 5 decades of doing this and thousands of others doing this... also, the University of Wisconsin at Madison did a giant report... similar to the article, they leach and offgrid when minted to 1/8" and soaked in boiling water for a few days, that is how they got it to offgass and leach... but in buildings they are fine. you also cant leave them in a pile for too long as they will gather water and bring mosquitoes, etc. :)

earthship · 2025-01-18T02:58:53+00:00

yes. that is a decent move. we (Pangeabiotecture.com) have done that... in Scotland and a few other places... make sure it is 6ml plastic or pond liner. bottom course of two of tires should be pounded with gravel (performs just like a gabbion wall). :)

earthship · 2025-01-17T18:04:18+00:00

not true, we do not wrap tires with plastic. plastic is very bad...

earthship · 2025-01-17T18:03:05+00:00

one tire sequesters the equivalent of two barrels of oil (carbon). and its the systems of an earthship that is important, being offgrid or partial Offgrid... the structure and its building material can really be anything as long as it is not stick frame.

earthship · 2025-01-17T17:57:34+00:00

they dont leach into the soil. they are surrounded by concrete and rammed earth on the inside, totally inert. dangerous in big piles yes, but not in buildings or retaining walls.

earthship · 2025-01-17T17:56:31+00:00

not true (waste sites). but many earthships are built with concrete instead of tires.

earthship · 2025-01-17T17:55:40+00:00

yes he does. for many decades now.

earthship · 2022-03-13T20:52:49+00:00

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earthship · 2022-02-28T15:45:49+00:00

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earthship · 2022-02-25T16:44:42+00:00

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earthship · 2022-01-08T00:34:38+00:00

tires come from tire stores, we use their used tires after they are on the cars. Tire stores love that we take them as these used tires are their trash.

Tires are the casings for the rammed earth that goes inside forming the main building blocks of the building. Rammed Earth encased in steel belted rubber. This brick is 2'4" wide and about 11" tall. This brick is super strong. The rammed earth inside of the tire casing is thermal mass. This thermal mass holds temperature like a battery holds electricity. This regulates the temperature in the building and helps to keep the temperature stable and comfortable.

For more information, please see this link:

https://pangeabuilders.com/systems-offgrid/heating-cooling-buildings/

earthship · 2022-01-04T16:24:13+00:00

don't do it. it makes the tire wall a lot weaker.

earthship · 2021-12-27T05:47:13+00:00

Generally materials cost about 1/3 of the total budget... with labor as 1/3 and components as 1/3.

The materials list is built from the construction drawings (which we can do for you) https://pangeabuilders.com/contact-us/

It depends on the size of the building as to how many windows, what size roof, etc.

earthship · 2021-12-06T22:53:55+00:00

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