How to make a Rammed Earth Wall
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2022
- In this new series titled Sustainable Home, we will take you through a series of videos on how to build a sustainable home. At Aanandaa, we are building an innovative and creative home, which is as sustainable as possible. We have explored several construction technologies and designs to ensure we have the most natural, resilient and energy efficient home.
Sustainable architecture at Aanandaa is directed by Ar. Jitesh Malik from Studio Aureole. The integral design practice at their studio combines a commitment to environmental sensitivity with a contemporary design language and a pedagogical process. At Aananda, Jitesh creatively contextualised a diverse range of sustainable practices to collaboratively work towards an aesthetically enriching experience.
Studio Aureole team: Prabhjot, Richa, Mandav, Harshita and Tanvi
Collaborators/Experts: Lallan, Ashumi, Malvika (Mlime), Narayanji (Rohtak domes)
To know more about Studio Aureole see www.studioaureole.com or email art.jitesh@gmail.com
In this episode, we take you through Rammed Earth Construction. Our entire home is made of Rammed Earth, and in this episode, Manisha and JItesh will explain the step by step process of making a rammed earth wall.
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I am an Architecture student and would like to thank you so very much for explaining the practical aspects of the rammed earth walls thoroughly.
You're welcome!
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Rammed Earth houses were popular here in Australia 20 years ago, not sure about now, as costs were high.
Where are you from sir?
Thank you for this valuable information. My grandparents from both sides lived in houses made from earth here in Cyprus 100 years ago and the walls are still standing!
So assuring to hear that!
@@farmaanandaa I will try and take some photos to show you.
Thanks Manisha Ji 🙏🙏🙏 loving your efforts. So inspiring 🙏🙏🙏❤️
This is a video of my thoughts the last couple days about rammed earth. Thank you
Thank you Manisha. The information you provide is very valuable.
Watched two videos. Seems great. Excited to see the finish of the house.
Wonderful video. Well explained and presented. Thank you.
Wonderful !! Thank you Didi for sharing this with us!
Thankyou very much ma'am for such a precious knowledge!
The Best Solution for tropical areas houses on Westrn side for thermal Protection n in garden for for soft plants 🙏🇮🇳🙏💐
Beautifully explained nice and simple.
Hello mam,
Very inspiring to see the amount of changes you have adapted to lead a sustainable life. Only few can do this. As I am not as capable as you are, I am just supporting a campaign know as "Conscious plant" headed by Sadhguru to save soil. I couldn't imagine anyone except you who can understand this better.If people like you support this, the momentum that it gathers is huge. This is my small request to you to support this as much as you can 🙏🙏🙏
really helpful video. thankyou for sharing
This is simply beautiful
Thank you so much for sharing your content, it's been very helpful and informative!
Can you please demonstrate adding natural pigments in earth as you escalate 12 cms at a time and ramming it, I'm sure the effect will be be worth the extra efforts as I assume these walls will be exposed in and out later in use!
Thanks Manisha , you are actually showing us the way to follow our dreams, and hope will get to contact PPL who can help build our dreams.
Wow thank you that is such a good teaching on how to build basic 😮
Wow Very Interesting 😊
Fantastic!
Love you guys 💕💕💕
In Odisha, mud houses were in huge numbers. Sadly, those are rare now. Mortar is made of mud & sand, first by mixing with a spade and then adding water and using feet to make a good mixture. This mortar is laid on a foundation of stones layer by layer till reaching the desired height. I have seen mud houses of more than 50 years without much maintenance.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for such important information
amazing job, keep it up!
Very good series for earth lovers..nice mam ...thank you for this... 🙏
You're welcome. Happy to share!
Thank you for your clear breakdown and instructions. This is one of the best videos I've heard on the subject.
Glad it was helpful!
thanks manisha for nice video
Another amazing Indian woman bringing valuable knowledge to the world. Love it. I'm going to try this.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this great presentation. Almost all of my question are answered.
Glad!
Good to rediscover ancient building resources and methods that are appreciate again…indeed ancient tribal knowledges have wisdom that we slowly are respecting…
Well said!
That’s the best video someone ever made on rammed earth. Great
Wow thats great to hear!
@@farmaanandaa it will good if you can put detailed information on how to fix corner and end panels of shuttering, electric and plumbing working, fixing doors and windows and closing top of rammed earth wall. Basically if you have proper documentation of construction then by watching all these videos one shall easily able to understand the process and start planning his/her rammed earth adobe. Thanks
Thank you for the excellent practical details like "tamping until you hear a metallic sound". Your video was so informational I've taken notes and sending to my contractor. This year I'm planning on building a rammed earth construction home and will definitely use some of these tips! I'm subscribing to your channel now...
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for subscribing!
Excellent 👍 superb.
Future of environment friendly construction.
I wish I cud visit the site & take a hands-on training course to DIY construct my own house.
M in Lahore, Pakistan.
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. I have enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it
This what I am looking for. Thank you so much ❤
Glad!
Super informative, with supporting videos as well!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you very much.will build one like this.
Works well even without rcc columns.
6'x2'x3 i.e. (length breadth height) block at a time.
One layer/level of huge blocks is laid n left to dry for 24hrs & then another row is made over it.
That's how ppl are building farm boundary walls in rural Punjab.
Yes sure it can be done. We wanted to be 100% earthquake proof as these walls are carrying the weight of the roofs too
Amazing Manisha. It's so inspiring about your passion about nature and educating about adopting nature products !! 👌
I really love the idea of this type of construction. It’s so much better than the typical 2X4 construction. Of course getting it approved by the building inspector in the USA would be a big challenge.
You could still try non-load bearing walls, i assume....I understand, getting permissions within the urban areas in India, specially for Load bearing Walls is next to impossible....the Building Codes need to be updated with research and documentation; A group of us architects in Chandigarh area are pursuing with the administration...with our experiments at Aanandaa, we are a step closer! There is Sirewall in Canada who are building Rammed earth walls, you might be able to get specifications etc. from them for the approval process in the US.
That’s an issue here, getting approved for non conventional construction. Can do anything for non residential construction like sheds, barns, cellars, etc but commercial building are typically steel and concrete and residential dwellings are typically stick framed but have known of cement block construction approved for residential construction, and some areas have a method of approving log homes. There are areas that have no building codes and no code enforcement for building but I don’t live in one.
They passed construction requirements here in Australia so America should be easy.
Excellent i love your techniques i look forward to Learning more
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you man for this knowledge..
What about windows opening?
I think you guys are Vegan....You adopted that stray cow.I appreciate it.
Hello i am from Nepal.🙏I remember my grandparents house built from mud, Bamboo n bricks which was more comfortable in summer n winter. In future i am planning to build new house with rammed earth wall. Mud house is comfy n cosy effective
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the derailed explanation 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Nice, thanks for knowledge
Thanks for liking
Obrigado!!!!! 🇧🇷
Thanks!!!
India is probably the worlds best resource for Rammed earth natural home construction with modern plumbing wiring etc and my biggest questions about rammed earth is not the walls but the engineering of wall to roof structures and materials for a well insulated natural material roof and the roof water proofing without synthetic materials etc .
wow! this is really cool..pun intended
Thank you for answering my questions from your previous video!
Keep your queries comin!
Lovely piece of work. Respect from lahore and now I’m looking for artisans who can do this for my house ❤
Thank you. Am sure you will find some local artisans
Thankyou! Fantastic video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like this menthod building houses with soil❤
lovely
Wonderful, quite helpful video
Glad it was helpful!
Please make more videos we are glad to watch and i started to do your things in my farm
Awesome!
You're doing God's work 🙏
Thank you so much 🙏
What a ram fine woman 😍
Haha
@@farmaanandaa Only a person who truly understands the subject can explain it simply.......doing so with the voice and tone of an angel whilst looking flawless well, very compressive
Thanks !!!!
Nice.
Very nice mam
Very nice
Hi,
Love what your are doing and have been following you since a long time. Need your little help here.
We are planing to build a farm house and are very keen on using natural materials to build our farm house.
We are from Mumbai and our farm land is near PAWNA damn. This region as you know comes under heavy monsoon belt. My question here is that can Rammed Earth wall sustain in such a harsh monsoon conditions.
Your insights would be really appreciated. We are contemplating either mud blocks or Rammed Earth.
Thx.
U r simply beautiful
Hi akka I saw ur project house it's fantastic akka 🎉
Wow
hi there, great new series! thanks a lot it's very inspiring and I would like to build a rammed earth house can you show us also a construction plan? that would be so great to see how you did the planing of your building!
also how long did it take to ramm for instance 12cn by 1m? just to get an idea. most of the video on rammed earth you find don't show how to do the preperation and planing in advance.
Difficult to share our house plan, as that is a private document. Its takes about 3 days to make a 10 x 9 foot wall of 13.5 inch thickness.
Amazing , great work , you have made it look so easy explained very well, please make more videos in detail related to rammed earth
Stay tuned
@@farmaanandaa Thanks , can you please tell why these cement pilar for, its good idea, how many ?where they should be ?start and end of rammed earth wall ?
Thank you for instruction break down
Welcome!
Very good information. Thanks for that.
Are your rammed earth wall acting as panel walls? As i see RCC columns in between probably to take roof load
The walls are load bearing. The pillars are just connectors between the plinth beam and ring beam and staple the entire structure together
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain
Hello! and thanks for following us!
thks very informative
Glad it was helpful!
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Very impressive. How much does it cost per square feet for such a house
Looks beautiful. Many have been doing their own projects and some are experiencing either major shrinkage OR lots of cracks. Has your project experienced anything like that and if not, any advice for anyone out there who would like to do this and avoid cracks/shrinkage? Thank you!!! Beautiful videos!
We suffered some cracks where we had inserted pillars and pipes. So in future walls we did not imbed pillars and instead made them at the end of the walls. Usually cracks and shrinkage happens if the soil is too clayey. You may want to check your soil composition
Huge work you are doing by spreading on site knowledge! i=could you throw more light on what is the foundation used here and also, the costing of these walls. thanks a lot!
Thank you! Will do!
Great video with full of information. Thank you!
A question wil remain: how to protect the wall from rain?
The wall doesn't really need any protection from rain. It will hold its own. However you can coat it with a silicon waterproofing solution to prevent it from dusting off
I am inspired and wonders if I could ever get a chance to build my own "Rammed Earth" or "Earth Block" house ? Even I don't have a piece of land. But definitely would love to associate with architect near me, to learn the art. Looking forward to get an opportunity to work with.
All the best!
Thank u.
Can you place a metal pipe in the walls for electrical lines. Ram the soil. Then pull the metal pipe out? Perhaps coat the pipe with oil or powder to retrieve easy? So that no plastic pipe is needed for electrical cables?
That would be risky.
Thanks for this great content. How do you ensure cracks don't appear on the walls?
The soil composition should have the right mix of clay, silt and sand. Also, ramming should be consistent. Shuttering should be tight. If any pillars are inserted within the wall, there should be enough space around it to ram the earth. 👍
what is the mixtures you use of EARTH< LIME etc. please. How wet should mixture be
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Thanks for good explanation video. Is column is necessary for this technique, will earth compress and more compact with time and wont crack will appear between different material (concrete column).
May you make video review of very old houses, with/withiut columns.
Namaste
The walls are load bearing so columns are not really needed. But we have added some columns to connect the plinth beam and ring beam and staple the structure together. This is because we are in an Earthquake prone zone.
@@farmaanandaa thanks for quick ans useful reply, I'm also from earthquake risk place. Namaste
Great Idea of constructing a Sustainable House. I would like to know when the water is added or completly no water is used to raise the Wall.
Very little water is added. More like a sprinkle
When can I join you for trainings. Please send address. Atleast how much time is needed for Basic training?
Thanks
ANIL
Ranchi Jharkhand
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Amazing and very interesting video🎥... Super like👌👌👌
Great information very helpful👌
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Thank you
Thanks for sharing. You have always been an inspiration. I have a question. What's the ratio of soil, concrete, and lime stone?
Soil mixture has 6% aggregate and 12% lime
Thanks a lot . It's was really good content . Where u took with lot of patience .
continue this series in the same pace ..
Would like know how the roof tops works for this rammed earth ?
Will you concerte with mud . Or in your case it's just a metal sheet placing ?
Thanks in advance for your reply .
Keep up the good work ..
We have tried a bunch of different roofs. Stay tuned!
Thanks much for your reply :)
Amazing architecture! How does it handle the rainy season? Please explain.
Nothing happens in the rains as long as the top of the wall is protected. The sides are well rammed and water resistant
Have you built with solar power in mind?
Thank You for your video. I will be exploring your channel.
Yes I have. Just need to install the plant now. Wondering whether to keep batteries or not. Any thoughts?
thanks.
Thank you so much for ur information
Mam actually im establishing or construct a resort of rummed concept can u pls suggest me which type of soil I required to construct plz ur suggest means a lot for me,🙏
Pls see furst video on What is Rammed Earth
Thank you so much for the valuable information.
I have two questions:
- Can we build a two storey building (Ground + First floor)
- Can it be achieved with a 60cm width (with or without reinforcement)?
It would be great to get some input. Thank you.
Yes, you can. We are building a room on the FF and will document it soon. 60cm width should be fine
If you have resources just go for stone buildings
Rammed earth vs compressed earth bricks , which are better ?
Also madam plz make a video on how did u plan everything prior to execution.
Thank you for great initiative.
Depends on what soil you have. Earth bricks may need more clay.
Hey nice work. What kind of lime did you use? Is it slacked lime or any other form?
Slaked lime
Thank you for your video, I would love to build my house using, I found some lime slurry , it has paint consistency can I use it as stabilizer? I can't wait to read you
I believe you should strain it and add the thicker lime left in the strainer
Thank you , please would you guide us?what is the mix ratio earth/lime?
Watch the other video on this playlist where Ashumi explains the details of the mix
@@farmaanandaa I can't find it
Thank you
thank you mam, i need learn more about this rammed earth wall, your conducting any class?
No classes, sorry!
Soil main agar clay parcentage jyada hai to us main red brick choora ya bajarpur (sand) mila sakte hain kya?
Zyada clay ya zyada sand ka ek hi ilaj hai. Organic matter badhana
Great work, here i have a question, the rammed earth walls are having great load bearing capabilities then why you using concrete columns?
To hold the entire frame together and make it erthquake proof.
@@farmaanandaa great