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@boxerfencer 15 күн бұрын
Basements are not cold. In canada, the basement is the warmest part of the house, even if 40° C below zero.
@jimgagnepain7708 Ай бұрын
You could own a Netzero home with acreage. The property has established gardens and fruit trees. Beehives. Run a hobby farm - animals, chickens, etc. There are a number of sturdy structures for these critters. Make an appointment to see it now. Message me at Little Bermed House on the Prairie. Some seller financing could be available.
@jimgagnepain7708 2 ай бұрын
This incredible home on a 5.9 acre lot is now for sale. We are moving closer to family. At $795K, it is priced comparably to stick homes that have recently sold in the area. It's for sale by owner on Zillow (link below). If purchased without a Buyer's realtor, the 2-1/2% savings will be passed on to you. That's another $20K off. Also, please consider that this home has no heating or cooling costs, and there are enough renewables to power the home and most (or all) of your vehicle travel with a PHEV or EV. www.zillow.com/homedetails/3695-Hare-Haven-Ln-Colorado-Springs-CO-80930/121238138_zpid/?view=public
@jimgagnepain7708 2 ай бұрын
I’ve reduced the price of this home, along with the 5.6 acres from $850K to $795K. Also, if purchased without a realtor, I will reduce it another 2.5%. That makes the total - $775K. Come see this property. I think you’ll love it!
@OfftoShambala 2 ай бұрын
Please note, I have heard that windows don’t need to be angled… he mentions this in the video.
@hitch-777 2 ай бұрын
The angled front windows are not needed. Much easier. Thick curtains instead of south bdrm walls is much cheaper and practical . Love the tire bales as an easier and effective alternative to pounding dirt into individual tires . Great work my friend. ❤😂🎉
@colehansen188 6 ай бұрын
How did you secure the tire bales together?
@jimgagnepain7708 5 ай бұрын
The tire recycling center double-bound the compressed tires with thick gage galvanized cables.
@colehansen188 5 ай бұрын
@@jimgagnepain7708 do you secure to the ground or bale to bale at all or just cover with dirt and spray Crete
@TessaLeigh 7 ай бұрын
Great video! So informative, thank you!
@janitoronfire 5 ай бұрын
It’s for sell.
@miltonjimenez5771 7 ай бұрын
Thanks Sir
@markschuette3770 8 ай бұрын
i would not recommend the sloping glass! or the tires! or the greenhouse open to the living area.
@scottshure3389 8 ай бұрын
Is the possibility of the wire ties corroding and bresking a concern?
@jimgagnepain7708 8 ай бұрын
No, the bales are double-bound, with thick galvaized cabling.
@jt659 9 ай бұрын
Dear Jim, Thank you for taking the time to make this and for the wonderful explanation. J
@eliinthewolverinestate6729 9 ай бұрын
I call my 24x24 6/12 pitched skillion cottage a pseudo earth ship. Will add on 2 more 24x24 sections. No tires or berm using well insulated cmu block with masonry veneer on north wall. Our frost depth is 6 feet and ground temps of 48*F in summer where I am at. And can get 6 feet of snow in a weekend. So insulating under masonry floor. I have plans for a masonry stove/white oven and masonry heater old world kitchen. Post and beam square notched timber frame. I have 70 psf snow loads. Doing a Richardsonian Romanesque style. Because proper stones are local and timbers too. Have plans to build a Broch type tower to see lake Michigan. Matt and Goldie's earth ship is similar design as too what I am doing. Using 3 vertical 16 foot columns of 4x7 windows installed horizontal per 24 foot section. 4 foot raised bed and 4 foot above windows for hvac ventilation. I am using 2 inches of concrete with slate slabs over thermal break, insulation, and limestone fines for floor. Using western Delta honey comb riprap masonry veener to get megalithic look. Like Temple of Malta. Doing solar d.c. electric like a boat or R.v.
@westonlee9778 9 ай бұрын
How can I get plans to build an earth ship? Thank you for awesome way of life
@jimgagnepain7708 9 ай бұрын
It depends on the type of Earthship you want to build. Designs for the traditional Earthship, using rammed-earth single tires are obtained from Earthship Biotechture out of Taos, NM. We built a tire-bale Earthship, and you can get those designs from PSE Engineering out of Klamath Falls, OR.
@Saljen 10 ай бұрын
Who did you reach out to to obtain compressed tire bales?
@jimgagnepain7708 8 ай бұрын
Tire Recycling in Denver, CO.
@jimgagnepain7708 8 ай бұрын
Front Range Tire Recycling
@marcisaacs9407 10 ай бұрын
Liked the Santana
@regenerativelifewayne 10 ай бұрын
Very nice build only problem I see is your grid tied only system! If the power grid goes down you are done all that power from your panels and wind turbine are also being wasted energy ! I would for sure invest in lithium batteries 🔋 to have my own power off the grid and to store and use the extra power your producing !
@jimgagnepain7708 10 ай бұрын
No doubt that a battery storage system provides that backup power. However, we have very few power outages - average of one or two a year, and most are just temporary blips. Is this worth paying tens of thousands of dollars? We are getting to the point that we'll soon be able to use our vehicle batteries as backup power, and they will carry us through most power outages.
@EsteeDarla 10 ай бұрын
I like the way you did things better thank you for sharing
@d1m4d 10 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this, thank you
@KnouseNU 11 ай бұрын
No guess work here. Refreshing to see somebody who did the home work before the video. I had questions at the beginning. But wow everything was answered by the end of the video.
@GenXPrepper Жыл бұрын
Do you know of any resources about tropical climate homes like this? I've always wanted one, but have always been put off by the "can't build in the tropics" line.
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
Checkout the Earthship Biotechture website. They have built a lot of earthships in the tropics. The berming keeps the home naturally cool (basement effect). Glass faces North (assuming Northern hemisphere).
@GenXPrepper Жыл бұрын
@@jimgagnepain7708 awesome, thank you!
@y0nd3r Жыл бұрын
He said they had no force air, but I didn't see where they put in cooling tubes, either. How does he cool the house off or get fresh air inside?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
None of the early earthships used cooling tubes. The berming keeps the house naturally cool. Without outdoor shades over the Southern glass, the house can definitely get hot, so we use the shades extensively, even in the Spring and Fall. We sealed our earthship, and you are correct about "fresh air". Usually we have windows or doors open for fresh air, but we also have a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV), which we utilize when the house is closed (mostly cold winter days).
@y0nd3r Жыл бұрын
@@jimgagnepain7708 thanks for your response. I like the idea of the cooling tubes, but I would prefer them be filtered. If the tubes promote moisture in any way, I would probably not want it run through the closet like I've seen in the Encounter model.
@billmoore8771 Жыл бұрын
What's going to happen when the baling wire securing the tire bales rot?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
The baling wires are made out of high gage galvanized steel, which doesn't rust.
@georgewhitehouse8630 Жыл бұрын
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@hirthirthirt1693 Жыл бұрын
is solar hearing also working on cloudy days. If not, does it only not work if there are more days of cloudy sky or already on the first day?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
It still works, but obviously not near as well. Sometimes on slightly overcast days, you can feel a little heat buildup at the windows. Not so with heavy clouds. Hope this answers your questions.
@kayaflonkerson6835 Жыл бұрын
how do you get water
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
We have a conventional well.
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
When we built our home in 2011, rainwater collection in CO was illegal.
@kayaflonkerson6835 Жыл бұрын
oh thanks@@jimgagnepain7708
@norsewykgrimnir4716 Жыл бұрын
Very instructive. I like that you discussed and showed each of the steps and particularly enjoyed the comments about various sticking points with permits and building code concerns that one might encounter. A beautiful home! Thanks for the information!
@skyval7926 Жыл бұрын
I can vouch for the winter heating as my house outside of Santa Fe , N.M. had 65 ' of south facing windows and in January when it was 0° F outside , my house was 110° F inside and I had to open windows to keep from baking . The sun in the western states makes so many things possible .
@AloshaLynov Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this film. What would you recommend for cold north with 4 months of no sun? Any ideas are welcome.
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
That's a tough one. Earthship Biotechture claims there are earthships in all 52 states. I think you would still benefit from all the days with sunshine. The berming will still hold the inside temperature to a low in 50-55 deg F range, even without external heat, assuming the home is sealed. During the sunless season, I think I would roll some batt insulation into the large window cavities, on the inside of the home, to prevent heat loss. Then whatever method conventional homes in the area use to heat (wood, natural gas, propane, etc) could be used, but a lot less of it. I would use an HRV or ERV to constantly circulate fresh air into the home, expecially if burning wood (or other) which will use the O2 in the home, and lead to high, unhealthy CO2 levels.
@AloshaLynov Жыл бұрын
thank you Jim, you answer is much appreciated
@ChemEDan Жыл бұрын
Well done, hope you're enjoying re~tire~ment.
@elizabethprince6749 Жыл бұрын
Where are the getting water ?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
We have a well. In 2011, it was against the law to collect rainwater in Colorado.
@RogueIslander401 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your home with us!
@staciebamsch2810 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful home❤
@-wanderingwizard3609 Жыл бұрын
those are BCi's and Versa-Lam - not "TGI's" (TJI).
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the correction - BCI = Boise Cascade I-joists. I hand carried about 40-50 of them to my carpenter on the roof, so you'd think I could get the name right 🙂
@stevensauvageau8827 Жыл бұрын
excellent information. Thank you. We will be building one eventually as well. I think we'll be using cinder blocks and insulate about 8 feet outside the walls (after 8' of dirt).
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
Does the 8' of dirt act as an insulation barrier? Haven't seen much info on this type of build. Can you share a link? One issue that is hard to manage with bermed homes is mice. Even though I sealed our house incredibly well, we still see an occasional visitor.
@stevensauvageau8827 Жыл бұрын
@@jimgagnepain7708 The 8' of dirt is for thermal mass. Ideally, there is no insulation around the cinder block wall (or whatever you are using for a wall), so if there is excess heat in the house, it will be stored in the dirt behind the cinder block wall. that dirt behind the wall does need to be insulated from the outside temperatures, however, so I would put insulation (and plastic to keep the insulation dry) outside of the dirt. Then, it will need to be covered with more dirt to protect it from the sun. Michael Reynolds shows how to do this in his earthships. There was one video that showed the insulation. i don't remember how to get to it. sorry.
@doloresglass8881 Жыл бұрын
What company sells Tire Bales?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
We got ours at Tire Recyclers out of Denver.
@chocomojo9552 Жыл бұрын
Tire bales!!! That's so smart and it saves so much Time!!!
@goeddia223 Жыл бұрын
would love an update on this, Jim! How is it going?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
We love the home. We would never desire to live in a conventional home again. One item - we would not slant the glass, if we had it to do over again. Even the Taos designs are now using vertical glass.
@goeddia223 Жыл бұрын
@@jimgagnepain7708 Thank you, really appreciate it. This video is hugely inspirational for how I'd like to live when I move into my next dwelling (whatever it may be). Really appreciate the depth of the video and just love the idea of an awesome home like it. Big fan!
@Itried20takennames Жыл бұрын
What a great concept, and videos like yours are a big part of making earthship designs more mainstream and overcoming bureaucratic concerns. Thank you for making it.
@texasscience6580 Жыл бұрын
great vid
@intuitionintelligence Жыл бұрын
Extremely well done video! Thank you for the time you put into this
@praiseYAHalways Жыл бұрын
maybe I missed it but did you say what the cost of a home like this could be? I love everything about this!
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
Without the land, and including the renewables with 2011 rebates (wind and solar), we spent about $270K. Some explanations are warranted. First, this was in 2011, on the tail-end of a recession. Contractors were eager for work, and material costs were much lower. Second, this includes the well, septic, and all permitting. Third, I general contracted the build, probably saving 50-60K. Fourth, my wife and I were on-site every day, and we did a lot of the work. Example - Our master carpenter helped us with the installation of the first two of eighteen 46"x76" glass sections, and layed the stringline for the other units. We did the other sixteen, and he checked the tolerances for us, which looked good. This is just one example which saved thousands of dollars. We did a lot of the work!
@memeagain6590 Жыл бұрын
I would love to have a home like this…..
@dav0dinkum Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video with great information. I can't wait to get a house like yours one day.
@isidorodelapaz8207 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful home.
@nitaneats1480 Жыл бұрын
A beautifully well constructed designed build, love it!
@prone_wolf8871 Жыл бұрын
Very nice build sir
@danmccluskey1415 Жыл бұрын
I have a college level study of Architecture and have seen literally hundreds of presentations covering the many and varied applications of design and construction. Not only have you covered so many topics I am already knowledgeable of including the basic code criteria, but you have presented in a professional, detail manner with the images exactly referenced where needed for the narration. This is a higher education level lecture as well as a very layman understanding primer. I just sent the link of this video to a potential client as I believe after watching your video, it will give them a great understanding of basic design and construction that I now see I could not.
@josephyarbrough9316 Жыл бұрын
Are you still around Jim? What have you been up to?
@jimgagnepain7708 Жыл бұрын
Yes, still here. Feel free to contact me via Messenger at "Little Bermed House on the Prairie".