Beyond 90 Degrees with Earthbags
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- A slide show by Nelly Higginbotham which exhibits the art of building a home with earth bags, earth plaster for the exterior and interior walls, and milk paints for the drywall all with an imagination for detail. A four year, artistic project completed by one woman along with the wonderful help of others here and there. Music by Bluetech - "Ice Forming on Glass".
So many experiences we see in youtube..but very few will remain in our memory pages. What a wonderful construction method and application .very aesthetic , cute , soothing and beauty at the best 👌
Thank you so much! Heart and soul went into this house.
Nelly Higginbotham yes..we can feel it..music is also matching the soul of your work.
I really love this house, this is art amazing job, this my dream home, thank you for sharing this video.👋👋👋👋👍👍👍
It’s beautiful! Wish more were built to this level of esthetic quality, so everyday folks would gain an appreciation for the concept
Thanks! A very nice comment to read. I strongly believe in beauty for the home environment.
Nice home. I've been looking at a lot of video's on earthbag construction lately. This is definately the nicest home. Thanks for sharing.
I love it!!! Perspicuous. I've been looking for a round idea for my land. This is the most beautiful earthbag I've seen! It must be like living in art. I wish you were my neighbor. Well done!
wow so blown away, thanks for sharing this
wow- this is VERY impressive!!! what a dream come true!
everything about this is beautiful!
Thanks! :)
This is the most beautiful earth bag home I've seen yet..congrats!
Thank you and so great to hear from another woman!
@@nelhig333 did you just assume his gender?
Ooops, yes, by name. I guess best not to assume. Changed my comment. Thanks! @@jacobzivotic
@@nelhig333 I was kidding ahah ;) im surprised you responded so fast on a really old video, I am 19 and looking into housing alternatives, yurts, prefab, earthbags, very interesting options.
Beautiful house. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the feedback. :)
OMG! ur work is amazing! it's a beautiful house n i'm sure, everyone living there appreciates it much more than a 'normal' house.
Absolutely gorgeous! Bravissimo!
Wonderful sustainable home, also resists storms and fires. Would love to know your state and county if possible. Thank you for sharing the process and your beautiful finished home.
You're welcome. Thanks for your comment. My home is in Paonia, CO/Delta County (no current building codes). Beautiful place to live!
Awesome, Much more sturdy than some I have seen without supporting posts, I am curious on how tho do the electrical and plumbing. Great design. A woman that does not mind to get dirty. Were to find one like that in Texas. lol
Thank You for sharing such a Beautiful Home!
LOTS! of Fantastic Ideas there!
I started with strawbale construction peaking my curiousity.. which led me to natural exposed beams.. which led me to your earth bags that go beyond 90 degrees!
I am getting more and more ideas.. by the time I am done I may need to build more that one house so that I can figure out the best of all! maybe strawbale and earthbags with exposed natural beams?
Thank You for sharing Your Art! and thusly Your Home!
LOVE IT!! I have built an earthbag home also, I know how much hard work goes into it. Well Done...its beautiful.
Im wanting to build one under ground. A circle 42 ft. Will a roof hold up like this?
thank you so much for your video ..
this is the best lesson for everyone to lean...and apply according to individual purpose.
great video.
thank you
God bless you .
Beautiful. Very inspiring. Great work.
I am definitely building a house with the same material ... thanks for sharing the idea
It's been 10 yrs now and I still love the feel! Holding up well too. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing this lovely slide show of the construction of your earthbag home. I'm considering building a two level earthbag home, with basement/entertainment room for me and my family. I managed to find one guy who's building a massive earthbag home named drdirtbag. If you haven't seen his videos I highly recommend them. Your home is truly lovely!
Congrats!
How big is the house (square ft.) ?
Any problem getting the project approved by the authorities?
A very beautiful design, rustic yet, modern, and very comfortable, i fell in love with the kitchen. i still have my doubts if it will survive in heavy rains.. :( ... sadly i live in an area, that from autumn till spring...it rains heavily even in the middle of summer...
Beautiful! Very nice design. I really like the music in this video as well :-)
BEAUTIFUL. Yes. This is inspirational. Do you have a website Nelly where one could view more pictures, or perhaps ask questions? Terrific work.
Thanks. Right now this is the only forum to show my earth house. Glad you enjoyed.
I enjoyed the video. I wonder why the earthbags weren't used for the roof system?
thank you so much. Again your house is beautiful :)
Wow I gonna build my own house to n Mexico just like this one using natural resources n my town we have pretty much everything stone.. soil land!! thank you for sharing beautiful home
You're welcome. Thanks for responding. Good luck with your home! Great to use local material!
Wow, my jaw hit the floor with this house, it is huge and so gorgeous!
May ask how big it is? It encourages me that building a 2,500 square foot home like this is possible! :)
Hi and thanks. Outside dimensions differ from inside dimensions because of 21" thick walls and hard to measure exactly with curved walls, but inside is close to 2,000 sq. ft. Outside, county accessor says is 2,322.
Hi nelly ..my name is Rao from southern part of India.what a wonderful craft of building heaven on earth.thanks for sharing this beautiful and inspiring video.fortunately I came to know about sandbag construction and I fell ln love with it.since im very beginner..I want to copy and paste your work for my house project..will be very happy..if I could get your lay out copy
Thank you
I am very grateful for your amazing slide show. I really enjoyed it. I am curious how you set the posts for large windows. What kind of timber did you use? how is the size of the timber? How was the length of the posts? Especially I want to know more in detail how to make foot part of the posts. You seem to use used car tires for them. I also plan to make large window for our living room.
Wonderfull. Wonderfull. Amazing and fantastic:)
@cbmst1 Thank you, Nelly! Now I am studying how to tile. I watched "how to tile" videos. I also went to tile stores to find out tiles we want. Did you tile some walls with mosaic tiles? How did you tile the kitchen area? Last week I started to plaster inside walls. I think we need good quality of straw to make good effect on the wall. How did you break the straw? How was the size of the straw you cut?
Amazing work!
Hey Nelly, Would you consider posting an audio commentary version of this video, with you show piecing your handcrafted artwork around the house. Like at scenes 3:10 or the tiles at 5:54 of your movie and what inspired you to create them. Thanks again for all your contribution to like minded people.
This was a GREAT BUILD!! If you don't mind me asking what was your over all cost of the build including the solar pannels? Thanks again for sharing!
I've been researching earthbag homes for the last several weeks, and this is hands down the nicest earthbag home I've seen! Was this an economical build? Was it much less expensive than what a standard home would have cost? I hope to build my own earthbag home one day, and would appreciate very much any pointers from one who obviously knows their stuff! Excellent job!
Hi and thanks. Outlay cost was about $125/sq ft, but that doesn't include my sweat equity, labor of love. To begin, find handsome doors and windows (salvaged if possible), design with them in mind, study house orientation (I like southern exposure), find alternative building books you like, read them, take notes, draw sketches/make models, mark out on ground to get feel (if you have property) and think about roof, i.e., what kind, shape and material. Open design or walled rooms? I really like open kitchen to living area and I'm big on a view out kitchen sink window. How will you heat/cool? High ceilings? Make sure to integrate plumbing when building, not after fact. Solar or on grid only? Small is good, but with room to not get cabin fever. Nice to have a place for guests. And, probably biggest besides roof is what material to build with. Go with what feels good to you viscerally. It has to come from the soul to make it worth a lot of hard work. Good luck!
Wow - thanks so much! That's really good info. Do you have any kind of a rough breakdown of costs? Like what the most expensive part was? (I'm thinking Kitchens and Bathrooms) Thanks again!
For me, it was the numerous brand new windows (that's why I say search for used ones if possible), my beautiful mahogany doors (I love nice doors!), 2Kw off-grid solar system with batteries, etc (purchased in 2005, cheaper now), and my very unconventional roof from drywall to lid. Overall, two highest were solar and roof. Labor for two guys to help me with a lot of the initial building was part of it too. Bathrooms and kitchen weren't as high a cost, though did purchase nice tub and kitchen cabinets (both important to me). I did all my own tiling and could now do my own plumbing. My county does not require building permit, but does require septic, elec and plumbing inspection another layer of cost and work.
Well, that's good to hear... Yes, windows are expensive. My situation is I have a very large family, and thus need a very large house, so I'm hoping to do this on the cheap (if I do end up doing it - we're still in the research phase). The problem will be finding the time, and I worry about sun and waterproofing during the construction phase, as the Kansas sun can be brutal.
Although I can't afford beautiful mahogany doors, I certainly hope I can duplicate what you've done with your walls, with earth and lime plaster. They are so elegant! You really hit a home run there! Awesome job!
simply amazing. WOW
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
We did not go back past a page of comments to see, but did you ever say just where this house was built? The back ground is very beautiful to say the least. We don't know what mountain range was in the back ground so we are sort of lost hehehe very cool video as well. The house is almost (ALMOST) as beautiful as it's builder!!!
Paonia, CO
Love your house but I'm wondering how big your second floor/loft is? I really want to build an earthbag home but need a second floor because of my family and specific needs for storage. Earthbags are much greener than my alternative, which would be a monolithic dome. However, I'm not sure how feasible it is to create a full second floor in an earthbag home. Any thoughts?
pretty cool! Thanks
Wow! That turned out amazing. I grew up in Delta County and its cool to see this is in beautiful Paonia. Thanks for sharing! Did you purchase the architectural plans or design yourself?
Thanks. I designed this home myself going with the flow along the way after I had the main design (clay model). I also worked with a very patient builder.
Absolutely beautiful home. Im about to purchase some property in Nevada and want to do this, on a scale similar to yours. Estimated $ in doing so. Thx 4 any assistance.
Hello, Nelly! I finished first coat on exterior and interior walls. But second coat is very challenging. Partly I tried on the exterior wall. I experienced cracks. How did you get through the problem of cracks? You bathroom looks very creative! Did you use bricks for walls partly? At 6:26, how did you make different colors of walls? And I would like to hear more about your work at 6:46 and making shower booth at 7:07, and so on. With warm greetings from Korea!
hi, nelly! I finished stacking earthbags and making roof. Now next step is plasteirn walls. Could you expain your plastering work more in detail? For instance, how and when did you use lime with earth? Could you explain more in detail at 4:55? How dou you make differnt colors of wall? I made a serious mistake in farming big window without using post in living room. Now we are revising the frame fot this window.
Awesome job! ..over the line of stones, bags were more straw than earth? Im not from texas )
@cbmst1 Thank you, Nelly! Now is wintertime. So it is cold and freezing. Earth work became more difficult. I plan to start second coat after making warm inside of house.
Do it yourself is very challenging. At 7:05 you put the tiles by
yourself. Is it possible? In case of some walls of bathroom. you did not
put the tiles. How did you finish this walls? I would like to hear more about the procedure of making shower booth area. Your advice became very helpful last year. Happy new year!
Where was that built? The big problem to alternative building materials is building codes. How do you work around that?
Built in Paonia, CO. No building codes in Delta County so that helped. Make presentation of your building design to local building enforcement having done your homework. They mostly care about load bearing and fire resistance. It's just a matter of educating. See if anyone has built alternatively before you paving the way. Straw bale is popular. Good luck.
IT'S VERY NICE EARTH BAG AND EXCELLENT BUILDER
HOW LONG YOU DO ? AND DIFFICULT ?
Hi Nelly…best earth bag house I have ever seen well done! Do you have a book on the market like Owen Geiger? I have done a 55mtr long 2.2mtr high wall……Im in Indonesia so labour was pretty cheap but slower…….now I have done a big stone retaining wall but want to complete the elevated block by not backfilling but incorporating a basement with the main retaining wall on a stone foundation in propylene bags as the main wall…….any hints/literature would be great…….cheers!
noone cares Pete about you exploiting cheap labor. A##H#L#. Slower compared to what? Because their not humans Pete. Is that what your sayin. S##T Pete glad they took you in Indonesia? Child support? Cheaper to start again in underdeveloped nations hey Pete? Things that bad you actually revert to making invisible friends on the WWWeb Pete? OMG.
where did you get your earth bags from. i’ve never seen individual hyperadobe bags. love it
Hi. I don't think the company I ordered from exists any longer. I used 50lb plain (no label), red, mesh, polypropylene bags made for onions. turnips, carrots, etc. I just found them on the website Globe Bag Co, though I'm sure they're sold elsewhere. Keep in mind, I doubled up on the bags and then turned them inside out for smooth seams.
Hi there!! Thank you for responding. I checked and they are still around. Do you remember how many bags you used for your build? Did you do a rubble trench or concrete footers? What’s the temp difference in your home on a hot sunny day? Did you put any air vents in the walls or you say not needed or wish you thought of them? Did you use lime for a stabilizer? Are there still no build requirements in your area? Thanks so much in advance.!!! Fellow future first-time builder
@@criticalnurse-ready8705 Hard to say how many bags exactly. I remember I ordered by the bale and had a few hundred left over at the end. I believe I ordered two bales, so close to 4,000 bags. Doubling up made for more. You could figure it out mathematically according to square footage of house design. Filled, the bags were around 15"D X 21"L X 4"H. I did rubble trench foundation in the front of the house. Used single bags to hold the stone which worked great as a temporary form. Video shows that. Polystyrene block with concrete was used in the rear of house because there was a slope and I wanted the stability. If windows are closed in the morning and shades drawn against sun, temp remains very comfortable inside on a hot day. Mass is really the only way to go with hot, dry climates. Of course the type of roof and insulation used is key to keeping a house cool too. Swamp coolers are a nice addition if vented directly down from roof to save in necessary duct work. No air vents in walls and haven't missed them. Windows work well for any needed air circulation. Did not use lime as stabilizer in the bags. My dirt with sand and scoria was a perfect combo for hardness. The earth finish on the outside has been the only challenge. Probably would have been good to use a lime plaster finish or stucco, at least on the exposed walls. Elements have kinda done a number on these places and those areas have needed attention. No building codes yet in Delta County, other than septic, plumbing and elec. Land use regs are coming into play which is the County's way of trying to control building. People are fighting it though. A freedom thing. Good luck, future first time builder!
Hello Nelly, what brand or type of bags did you use? That's the first time I've seen them in that color, most are seem to be white colored.
Hi Nelly! One more question for you:
I really love the way you put windows in between wood beams. How far apart are those beams? and how high are the small earthbag walls in between the beams?
I am planning to do a similar design in my home.
Thank you so much! :)
Hi Victor. There's the posts and then the beams. Not sure exactly what you are asking. Beams are roughly 6"-8" each stacked under roof (top of walls) to keep even pitch all the way around. Mine's a low pitched roof, between a 3/12-4/12. I wouldn't go any swallower if possible. My posts and beams are all local aspen. Then there are the posts which are roughly 6" with the 8 uniform 4'X5' windows in between. My window size was basically the determining factor to post placement. Earth bag fill-in (walls) vary according to design and what's necessary to accommodate space in between beams, posts and windows. Start by designing around required foundation height, size of windows you'll use, and the wall height necessary to achieve pitch of roof you need. Everything else is more-or-less the fill-in. Post and beam construction is the skeleton to whatever foot print you want. Hope that answers your question.
Yes, indeed! Thank you so much!!
Great work. What is the name of the earthbags you are using? Thanks for sharing.
A distribution company named Eagle out of CA provided the bags. I believe they're out of business though. I found them on the website OnlineFabricStore.net. It's the larger red mesh, polypropylene bag with no banding that I used, 18.9 X 31.9 for 50lbs. You can start there. Good luck!
I also turned bags inside out and doubled them up for my application in building my earth home.
Thanks for your quick answer! I have one question. What do you mean by 4-5" exposed base on all side? Do you mean 4-5" is the width of the post timber, which does not have two round parts of it by cutting?
Very beautifull, what are those bags? Potato bags?
Hi. Yes, potato sacks without labels, doubled up and turned inside out. I don't think supplier I bought from is around anymore. Worked great for me, though have to cover from sun pretty soon after using.
Thank you!
About how many bags did you use, and where did you purchase yours? Building within the next two years. Definitely would like a modern structure like yours.
Tres cool........and the actual cost and man-hrs involved?
Scott G, Aspen
I have a quick question. How did you incorporate\install your electric recepticals\sockets in the walls - aren't they earth bags, and if so how did they stay put when screwing them in? I was thinking at first it would be a little old fashion
ustic to have the conduit exposed and one could run the conduit with the wiring inside, but I am still trumped on the how to mount them on earth bags.Either way - how did you mount them? Thank you ;-)
Nelly - Do you have a website(?). I would love to get a lot more detailed information about your home project. Thanks! - Chuck
What did you use for flooring? Looks great
hi there! This is my new challenge. Just wondering if termites will eat through this? I have so much red tape to get through here. Think i may have to have a concrete slab. Do you have to leave bags to dry off afford you render them? We have all sand here so will have to truck in clay soil. Going to try a chook house first lol. Thank you ! !
Hi, this is a awesome house.. I'm 22 years old but really wanna give it a go and try to buy some land in Sweden for a project like this.. I'm from Denmark but Swedish building rules are less conservative as far as I have read... I saw in a comment of yours that the overall cost of this house was 117 pr sq, so how much is that in total? Cheers from Sebastian'.
Lol so random I live very close to here and starting an earthbag buildings this spring.
Perfeito progetos
Абалденно конечно.. я мечтаю построить подобный дом.
@cbmst1 This sounds great but I may be forced to build a monolithic dome or rammed earth home to accommodate. I've got two boys, a girlfriend and her son that will be moving in with me. That's three boys. I would have to build several pods or find another option to build an entire second floor. I'm going to do an internship with calearth next year so we'll see what they recommend. :)
what was the time frame and. square footage on this project?
LOVE this house! My wife and I are going to be building an earthbag home soon, is there any chance I could get your email to ask some questions not answered in the comments below?
OMG, how do I contact the builders!?
There were mainly only three of us, the homeowner, me, the builder, who still lives in Paonia, CO and our right hand man who now lives elsewhere.
Did you need to get permits?
Yes, probably permits are required elsewhere than Delta County, CO where currently there's only elec, plumbing and septic permits required. It was/is nice to build an unconventional home with no building permits necessary. It is what draws me to build cool homes in this area, though it can always change.
what's the life expediency on earthbag domes?
Think of an earth bag structure like building with adobe. The bags or tubes are in essence "loose forms" for the adobe material itself. Therefore, the mix is important for strength and resistance and why it's important to test prior. Then climate, foundation, finish over the adobe bags and roof protection (if there is one) all play integral parts as in any construction. I do know when I'm inside my earth bag house on a super windy day, I hardly feel of hear the force of the wind, so this tells me something about the solidness and hopefully durability of my structure. If you travel the Southwest, you'll see many exposed Pueblos and adobe homes that are still standing and are well over a 100 years old. Personally, I don't think I'll ever go back to building stick frame homes.
@@nelhig333I love your house you did an amazing job congrats, God bless.👋👋👍👍👍
This is AWESOME. I am still struggling with mine. Got the structure and inside pist and beam finished. The cob inside has been slow going. Got electrical runs made, have workable Rocket Stove/mass heater bit not sure if it is gonna be enough due to the size of the place. It's buit into the mountain side behind a huge boulder I call Moby because he looks like a whale. Having trouble with the roof. I built a steel Domed roof not sure how to finish it out with insullation.
Trying different methods.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. The place looks like heaven to me.
God bless,
>>>~￦ulfy~~>
Thanks for the comment! Good luck with finishing your place! Always a learning process. The roof was the tricky one for me too.
@@nelhig333 I'm hoping that those who lost their homes to fire are open to learn this way of building. Over 250 structures on the other side of Lake Isabella.
Not that anything is a guarantee, but this build is far less likely to suffer fire or earthquake damage.
I really love the way you designed your floor plan!
All the best to you, Nelly !!
Wulfy
whats the song?
why the clay and sand formula???
I am sorry I do not follow why the clay and sand formula?
to my understanding.. with strawbale, it is clay and mix it into a burrito! LOL!
and then Lime after for water barrier protection. Or linsead oil? dont quote me on the oil type.
as for the beams.. I like the idea of using the strawbale as infill, instead of as a structural element.
I hope I helped! more than I hurt!
Good Luck!
Hi , what is the name of the music?
Julian Arcos music LoL sorry I just can't help it
total pls
Супер !!!
really liked your building, and probably not too expensive, sorry for our climate is not very suitable. sorry for Googol English
winter cold -30 with spring and autumn rains, few sunny days, even in summer. we build houses of brick, wood or gas concrete frame, old houses all of wood 1945-1990. if you're interested here is my city en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staraya_Russa or UA-cam in search of Staraya Russa.
K STAS Стас, а какие проблемы - стройте земляной домик, никогда не замерзнете и летом там прохладно будет!
Thanks a lot experiencing this house , it feels like a religion might (or should ) feel..
It was a religion for me. Thanks!
Fred Flintstones house ! :)
@cbmst1 nice house by the way!
@cbmst1 thanks!
sorry that was before not afford lol
Nelly Please if you got chance to Visit Jordan plz call me
I have several questions. can I send you my email address.