Sustainable Life School

Foundations

Part 2: The Jar Test

Part 3: The Pre-Diddle

Part 4: Bags

Part 5: Site Preparation

Part 6: Foundation and Moisture Barrier

Part 7: Design Considerations

Part 8: Bagging

Part 9: Laying the First Row

Part 10: Tamping

Part 11: Barbed Wire

Part 12: The Second Row

Part 13: Plumbing the Bags

Part 14: Wall Notes and Access Pipes

Part 15: The Fridge Window

Part 16: Strip Anchors

Part 17: Fat Bags

Part 18: Levelling

Part 19: Levelling with Thin Bags

Part 20: Window Frames

Part 21: Tamping 2

Part 22: Rebar

Part 23: Lintels

Part 24: Shelves and Strip Anchors

Part 25: Protecting Bags

Part 26: Higher Wall Tamping

Part 27: Second Course of Rebar

Part 28: Making the Stovepipe Opening

Part 29: Beams

Part 30: Basic Building Tips

Part 31: Light Lintels and Filling Under Rafters

Part 32: Setting the Back Beam

Part 31: Light Lintels and Filling Under Rafters

Part 33: Rafters

Part 34: The Roof

Materials you will need for mixing and applying earth plaster:

Framing the Front Wall

Part 35: Mixing Earth Plaster

Part 36: Preparing to Plaster

Part 37: Plastering

Part 38: Perlite Plaster

Part 39: Bottle Wall 1

Part 41: Bottle Wall 2

Part 42: An Easy Earthen Floor

Part 43: Plastering 2

Part 44: The Moisture Barrier and Drainage

Part 45: Finishing the Earth Plaster

Part 46: Lime