Aloshas Cold Climate Earthship Design Explained: A DIY Home for the Darkest Winters.

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

I am building a masonry earthship in cold climate. Insulation under floor is a must in cold climate. Ground is 48*F there. Snow loads and freezing water is a pain. It's one reason why I am not using berm on my earthship. I have problems with dead valleys and freezing in designs. Frost reaches down to 7 feet were I am building. I realized I need a 6/12 roof pitch and at least 8 foot walls because snow off roof. We have wet winters here. Price was why I went with masonry. The amount of heat you loose to ground in north makes it cost more to go in ground. I have to insulate my floor or loose heat constantly to floor. We grow more wood in our forest than ever before here in Michigan. It is clear in his designs that no code or proper supports are used or followed. Just building simple rectangle with mono sloped roof. I can build with masonry and it's less work than tires and dirt works. Fill the block cores with insulation, vapor barrier, rockwool, comfort board, air barrier, and masonry veneer. I can build a 32x72 eathship for around 25k. Using my own labor and quicker than pounding tires. A berm in the north is an ice cube in winter. Why heat it? That's some tuff mental gymnastics. 4 feet down it's froze. So you need to insulate it anyway. Why not just insulate shell. Why move tons of dirt that you still need to insulate? The thermal mass needs to be inside shell and shell must be insulated. Or you need to insulate around and under all the berm. Must be nice to have no budget when building to poor concrete the most expensive material per foot. 3 feet of soil plus 4 feet of snow. Wow that is some expensive structure. There is a reason the arches are left out of the front of my earthship. Cheaper to use wood for front window beam across 32"x32" masonry columns 20 feet tall limits of code. Can only span 8'5" by code and need 2 jack studs. I build houses for a living masonry, timber frame, and post and beam. Originally it was gonna be a timber frame, but cost of timber made masonry cheaper. Masonry materials are cheap, it's the masons labor that cost so much. Yes property is forested but need stamps for inspector. Need mostly green board because masonry. Even with winter sun hitting back wall of earth ship, with extra solar gain. I will still have to heat it for 2.5 months during winter. The Ontario and Alberta earthships are my favorite. You don't bank heat only slow the transfer.

[@AloshaLynov]

Thanks for your quality comment. The reason I am having the berm is to insulate part of them like Earthship’s do. This way they will release the banked heat in winter time. You gave me an idea with snow. It is an excellent insulator. Thank u

[@thegeniusofthecrowd354]

Have you got a youtube channel or a website? I want to build a masonry Earthship in Wales - too wet out there for rammed earth tyres. I hear they're constantly cold in the UK due to the cold earth.

[@chafikab7547]

Can you guys provide some advice? I would like to build one. I'm in Canada. Thanks

[@HeatherNaturaly]

I can so relate! I think about Earthships and building one; living in one, every single day. I go to sleep at night planning mine, in my head.

[@solarpunk9994]

I can very much relate to combining alot of these permaculture/earthship/other green tech all together into a big old worker co op that changes the way we live and do business

[@granjaman3288]

Same lol

[@AircreteHarry]

Aloshas has some great ideas with all his designs. I'm looking forward to part two.

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Part 2: Q&A kzbin.info/www/bejne/jojchX2GjM6Ym8k

[@ChrisBGramz4u]

Genius! I knew i wanted a composting toilette, but never thought to use the heat it produces. Thank you

[@ShemBoothSpain]

this energy and direction of thinking is the way forward, passive, strong,

[@tylerlynch-sababaedits4598]

Thank you both so much for making this video 🙏🏼 🌍

[@Books4Thought1983]

That’s pretty cool…3 months without sun and keep a house warm. That’s awesome

[@nicolebaldwin2503]

Oh my WOW!!!! Talking about like minds!!! Yall are so align!

[@davidshaw3771]

I live in Montana USA, and plan to build the same type of house with a greenhouse integrated. We get weeks without sun at the same time it can get down to -45 degrees Fahrenheit in winter. I found a must read book "Passive Annual Heat Storage: Improving the Design of Earth Shelters" . Its concept is to heat your house in the winter with the summer sun. By passively storing summer heat, up to 2 or 3 months of heat for the winter.

[@kaydiepatch1350]

I am from Montana too and I am just starting to plan my build!

[@LilmissJ111]

So very impressive, I could listen to him for hour's.

[@trinketsbyTristin]

I’m absolutely in love

[@robertcromer5411]

OK - Here are some thoughts: 1) There are several KZbin videos on Styrofoam Aircrete. The chipped styrofoam adds stability to the aircrete and vastly reduces slump. The density of Styrofoam Aircrete (SAC) is 10 pounds/cu.ft. or ~160 kg/cu. meter!!! The “R” value of the SAC is roughly R3.5 per inch. 2) If you take bird netting (like onion/fruit bag material) and place elevated on your circular half shell roof form, 3D print SAC in one direction( say circumferential), add bird netting, and 3D print in the longitudinal direction, and then add another layer of bird netting. The resultant shell will be 3-4 inches thick(75-100 millimeters). The strength of that shell will amaze… The strength can be increased by spreading epoxy/fiberglass strand coating on both sides. 3) You could also 3D Print Circular Arch Truss shapes for roof segments, out of SAC… 4) In the US, there are Creosote Railway Ties that are being replaced with concrete ones. They are 10 feet long and 6x8 inches in cross section. They are free or at most $5 each. I was looking at making a Pole Barn like structure Earthship. With all of the railroad ties wrapped with PVC sheeting and buried in the berms. The bond beams could also be wrapped and utilize RR ties. If the berms were insulated in a similar fashion of a PAHS house. The roof could be 3D printed. A very cheap and fairly quick Earthship construction… 5) Here is an inexpensive set of 3D printers: 3dprintingindustry.com/news/buy-3d-house-printer-e12000-print-house-27760/ Bob

[@SamsLiberty]

So many good ideas!

[@B30pt87]

OMG you guys- this is exactly what I've been obsessing on for the last year and a half!

[@solarpunk9994]

I wonder if Hemp could be a solution to his insulation problem, ive seen underground freezers with a Hemp enclosure it only requires a household ac unit to bring the temp all the way down to freezer level maybe add some hugekulture type raised beds or a small Aquaponics to act as heat sink

[@ondreacounts2556]

Except your using things like a house air conditioner & things like that defeat the purpose to an Earthship house. The whole point of an Earthship is to be able to Heat & Cool the home without the use of modern appliances like AC units & heating furnaces bcuz those are the things that quite often require the implementation of public utilities in the form of fossil fuels & modern electricity. The point is it is to be ran by solar. Yes an air conditioner can be ran by solar power but it takes allot of that solar power to do that & then the freon that goes into the a.c. units is not environmentally friendly. The point is to be 100% off-grid.

[@solarpunk9994]

@@ondreacounts2556 im talking about a new take on ancient Egyptian air conditioners through evaporative cooling its simply water flowing over terracotta or hemp ceramic pipes i know the purpose of an earthship is to be fully off grid as well as the fact that 80% of peoples electricity goes to their HVAC systems im trying to cut that out

[@lisacraig1894]

This is great dialogue! This is what we need for the moon! A cold ship and a warm ship!!

[@joecrowe7062]

This is really amazing? Grounding are bodies are so important

[@kylorenskywalker5919]

Looking forward to what's coming

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Part 2: Q&A kzbin.info/www/bejne/jojchX2GjM6Ym8k

[@unnameablespace8945]

Thank you for sharing this great Joining. We are envisioning building in Southern Oregon. And this is very inspirational 👏

[@Dragonknight49]

Sorry late to the concepts, but catching up, i seen a video that might interest others, a ted talk about knitted concrete form, talking about how you can get organic shapes, I think the designer guys would be interested in that. I just recently have been thinking 3d printed earthships are an amazing idea, then he throws in compost as a heat source inspiring.

[@kaylariasmusik3994]

reffing aMAZEbaaallllllsssssssss THANK YOU

[@solarpunk9994]

Thankfully there's alot more bio friendly burning materials than wood out now, like used coffee grounds or compressed hemp fibers, maybe those could help

[@ryans6699]

Never heard of Alosha before this video. We’ll all be witness to how effective his fantasies are going to be in effectual, resilient and long term sustainability. He talks the talk but will his concepts walk the walk?

[@theuglykwan]

While his wilder designs haven't been built, his simpler domes have. I'm sure some things won't pan out just like early earthships but looking at the new iterations of earthships they still seem to need some improvement. Some of their construction is really shoddy as well. So your charge could be levelled at earthships too.

[@lorddemon2008]

You should put a link to part 2 for those that didn't come to the video through your playlist.

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Thanks for the reminder! Im on it!

[@MrRourk]

Always put a link to your last 2 videos

[@darlenesheats2865]

Absolutely beautiful! I want to do this in Texas. Will it work? Would love to know! Makes so much sense!! Thank you!

[@misskathy4931]

Im looking at east Utah

[@Twindragon-tu1wd]

A 35 gallon black tank on roof for hot water , copper tubing around a stove pipe added for winter maybe

[@mikeycbaby]

Alosha is such a visionary. He must be an Aquarius?

[@kylorenskywalker5919]

Good stuff

[@imiy]

Why not strawbale in a climate of such long cold with no sun? I live in a similar climate, though not as cold as in Siberia. Thinking if having 1.2m thick strawbale walls, thick polystyrene insulated floor, and a lot of celluloid insulation above the ceiling. Wondering if collecting snow on the roof for water will be a problem because of load bearing strawbale.

[@AloshaLynov]

Hi the reason I am using laws of physics and mass in the walls is in order to tap into it in winter. Strawbales are awesome and I am actually going on a workshop in 2 days. I want to use them in conjunction with the mass wall that keep stable temperature.

[@Guy4UnderDog]

I don't think you can effectively use straw bales structurally. They will support, but are too unstable. Interestingly, Mongolia is a place where Straw Bale has really taken hold. there is very little wood and straw is available.

[@InsuringUrFuture]

Have you incorporated Cob, or straw bale into your designs? And what are methods of overcoming zoning, septic, well, etc

[@allemansratten4281]

Do you find any concerns regarding radon? Since these homes are partially underground. I have an east coast corridor sticks and bricks and radon is an issue.

[@TheOffGridGuru]

We put radon barriers down in the TINY Earthship we just built here in New Mexico: EARTHSHIP TINY HOME Tour + Live Construction Update kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZaQoplvhZapl6M It was added on as a request by the clients however, not because it’s standard here. As for Alosha’s design, I have not heard mention of adding a radon barrier. He is in Russia, so I’m unfamiliar with his site conditions. But in the Northeast US it’s certainly something to be aware of

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

The link to Bio-Veda Academy on KZbin in the description is broken.

[@solarpunk9994]

Betabram has a new concrete house printer 2x16x9m for 44k

[@НиколайАлексеевич-в6к]

15:51 "Жан Пейн "Сила компоста"

[@carolmoore1038]

Jean Pain hearing with xompost inside greenhouse?

[@solarpunk9994]

I bet these guys love 3d printing

[@amberemma6136]

I realize rocket stoves burn wood but they are much more efficient so I think maybe you should consider using that accompanied with the compost. Maybe he talks about this later in the video. aim not all the way through it yet, and am going to bed. watching the rest tomorrow.

[@tulipanna5355]

19:19 i am in ❤️🌹

[@rickcrippen5180]

You need to discover James Hubbell’s work.

[@rickcrippen5180]

Julian, Calif.

[@bonnieharrell8297]

How in the world could a building heat itself without 3 mo's. Of sun?...the only thing I can think of that creates heat continuously in a natural process is compost... can't think of a way it can be used in a building as a heating element but that would be awesome if humanure could be incorporated somehow to heat a building without the smell lol

[@ZenJenZ]

💚

[@yvonnehyatt8353]

How to live like this without , the grid ?

[@carolmoore1038]

I have been offgrid for 8 years

[@beccathib3656]

Thanks. I really enjoyed the video & reading the comments. Don't mind the naysayers. They're just jealous...🤤💕

[@НиколайАлексеевич-в6к]

15:50 гугл 🍳жан+пейн🎉🎉🎉

[@YaYa-ex8cu]

Where is the stuff this guys built? I want to see it function in a real world environment not 3D designs.

[@OppenheimerRanchProject]

Elosha = Eat, Drink, and Sleep What Slave Labor Can Bring Me!

[@ericahenley9048]

One word. Yowza.

[@christophermoon3717]

Could he incorporate bio fuel manufacturing for any solutions? 1 moldy lettuce leaf will produce a kerosene like fuel that could heat or power lighting for thr plants. Not self sufficient but self contained

[@terivereb4998]

"I don't want to freak you all out..." ummm, too late..

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Hahahahha

[@SirBobbyDuncan]

I have no idea what he said, he talked way too much actually said very little and I have more questions after watching

[@chucktrent187]

What "design" concepts are his originals.Mike Reynolds designed the earth ship. Geoff Lawton, and Bill Molison developed many permaculture ideas.is this "kid"trying to get rich from other peoples work?

[@carolmoore1038]

Who cares about money lets save people.

[@garytibo]

I am a bricklayer...it's going to cost you way to much $$$$

[@donniewalsh4888]

? քʀօʍօֆʍ

[@OppenheimerRanchProject]

Merge Slave Labor With My Visions... LMFAO

[@EarthCreature.]

He's good at innovating the biotecture space. He's not very bright with politics that affect people however. I'll take a pass

[@makerofthings]

It's because he tried to be a millionaire for so long. I used to watch his African videos. He doesn't hold the 1% accountable because he's still chasing notoriety & still hasn't rejoined us little guys on the earthen plain of reality.

[@yourdady83]

I am a psychologist looking around staring up not telling the truth hes full of lies