Title: Intresting Building Idea From S Africa Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:May 7, 2008 Author:http://www.ecobuildtechnologies.com/inde Post Date:2008-05-07 18:15:18 by tom007 Keywords:None Views:279 Comments:17
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Uses sandbags as the main material for building - the bulk of the material is dug from the site.
When you see the distances building material is trucked to locations, say, like Tyvek, or lumber from Canada, all across the nation, it seems absurd.
Seems to me the best material for the gross construction is dirt or rocks from the site.
Not to mention the most excellent insulating properties that 15" of sand has.
My first thought when I saw it:
The African version of straw bale sonstruction. I think about straw bale a lot. Once when we had all these sand bags lying around after a bad storn, I got to wondering if you could build a house out of them. Now I know!