In this segment, we put an additional layer of dirt over our PAHS umbrella, then plant grass and work on the heavy stone and boulder retaining walls.
All the lessons learned, etc. don't make it into the video. For that, you can check out the website. https://www.homeintheearth.com/2017/10/01/burial-phase-2/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Vj1PdnSFI
This is another odd jobs compilation as we switch from doing the gunite roof to the poured floor.
(re-uploaded with 230% volume ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Specifically, this one covers such fun as clearing out the chimney, framing a small roof section, pulling down the concrete roof forms, pulling electrical wires thru ENT (smurf tube) conduit, and setting up an underground temperature experiment grid.
You can find out more at www.homeintheearth.com or get more up to date info (such as weekly progress pictures) at https://www.facebook.com/HomeintheEarth/
I'm working on a book and getting my subscriptions up would probably help me get it published, so if you can like and subscribe and leave a comment, it feeds the algorithm so it will share my content with more people who may do the same. Hitting that notification bell also helps.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDCRaGGJkzc
In this episode, the gunite crew from S.A.M. Gunite pools comes back to shoot our south wall. They had just finished the roof on the Friday before, so the equipment and materials was already in place. The form work was lath covered rigid XPS insulation over steel stud framework. Easy-peasy...
For more details, photos, etc, check out our web page at https://www.homeintheearth.com/2018/11/02/gunite-for-the-south-wall/
For the videos of setting up the format, just check the previous vids... ;)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7KkEhmve2c
We needed to hook up the septic side lines to run from the bedrooms and garage to the main central line coming from under the basement. The original plan had these running under the house, but the plumber suggested that it would be much easier to run the line outside the house completely... At some later point, we also decided to run the bedroom electrical along this outside line. Of course, this all required some digging. Gota love that nice soft sand.
You can read more about this at http://www.homeintheearth.com/2016/05/04/running-septic-lines/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKz7cl3FsNI
Here is a walk thru of the home in the earth project, as it looked on Saturday morning. Yes, due to popular demand, we are skipping forward a year, but then I'll return you to the past for the next timelapse ;)
For those of you who are new to this whole thing, this is an earth sheltered home build. I have managed to get far enough to bury the two ends of the house, but have not yet had time to put a roof on the middle... Mostly, this strange sequencing was to try and make the neighbors happy (or at least not storming the place with pitchforks and torches). At this pace, we have at least another couple years of construction.
For more information, you can check out our website, www.homeintheearth.com or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HomeintheEarth/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQQmRbr_R5E
The core of my earth sheltered umbrella house are the 5000 lb precast concrete ribs... The quotes I got for casting them averaged $80,000. So, I made the forms myself for a couple hundred. Here is the process.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt5DgZHQLLI
The center section of the house design features radial vaults between those large concrete ribs. I had the steel arches rolled back when we first started and will link to that video below. For this phase, I had to erect the steel arches, at the correct height and then add all the rebar according to the engineering drawings.
You can find more detail and see more pictures on our web page...
https://www.homeintheearth.com/2018/07/06/erecting-the-steel-for-the-radial-vaults/
There are actually 10 radial vaults between 11 arches. This video shows the first 6 standard arches. All were 30 degree segments.
The following video will show the remaining 4 arches (two larger ones and two smaller ones) and a final walk thru.
Note the ADIRpro self leveling laser used was a gift from the people at ADIRpro. Self leveling lasers really are very useful on projects like this where a spirit level would be impossible and I have had very bad luck with trying to level the cheaper lasers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5N8gLLEYRg
My padawan are into special effects and shot some footage around the house while we were building, so I thought it would be fun to share. I'll link cards to various videos for each scene.
It is sort of my first "walk thru" video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlOuG8E8fwY
This is another odd jobs compilation as we switch from doing the gunite roof to the poured floor.
Specifically, this one covers such fun as clearing out the chimney, framing a small roof section, pulling down the concrete roof forms, pulling electrical wires thru ENT (smurf tube) conduit, and setting up an underground temperature experiment grid.
You can find out more at www.homeintheearth.com or get more up to date info (such as weekly progress pictures) at https://www.facebook.com/HomeintheEarth/
I'm working on a book and getting my subscriptions up would probably help me get it published, so if you can like and subscribe and leave a comment, it feeds the algorithm so it will share my content with more people who may do the same. Hitting that notification bell also helps.
Best regards,
Simon
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