EARTHSHIP TINY HOUSE Update - Framing the greenhouse.

[@andreywagner5046]

Thank you for the update, great to see the progress and listen to Mike. Please post more. Cheers.

[@stephanieblackmore1461]

Great video. I love the details and knowing the extra steps Ron’s taking to make this home last forever. R-100…amazing!

[@matsfreedom]

I'm a conventional builder of 47 years. I love well built earthships. They're just plain cool. Many are armature built, and they show it. This one is not. Kudos.

[@geko1408]

The greater the details, the better. Thanks!

[@helleschade9484]

Wonderful series of building info, I live in NM and after many years of interest in how these sustainable buildings were built, I am so happy to finally come across the amazing crew here and a well-made video series Ike no other. Thank you so much for this no-nonsense informative gem. When I finally heard Ron speak about the Randon barrier I was beyond happy, I had been waiting and hoping that would be addressed and I was not disappointed. I do still wonder about air filtration or something since many pollutants from the wildfires and other factors can cause health issues especially in our western forested locals. I haven't finished watching the whole collection here but I hope there might be some thoughts on that too.

[@amyharris7337]

These updates are gold!!! Thanks for all of the detailed information. Your channel has become an invaluable resource as we prepare for our build.

[@traviss589]

Thanks for the videos. Your earthship model is very cool. Thank you. Oh yes...and please keep the extra footage in.

[@shmittytheonly9988]

The more details the better. Please and thank you.

[@EarthCreature.]

I'm so thirsty for these updates! Can you go over the advantages of pre-built stuff from Taos, NM? Seems like you all got close to addressing this question but ended up nebuleic & wanted

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Can you elaborate your question please? Id be happy to answer but I don’t know what “pre-build in taos” means exactly.

[@EarthCreature.]

@@TheOffGridGuru Earthship biotecture supplies pre-built window frames, WOMs & POMs & etc don't they? He had talked about them in the video at least

[@TheOffGridGuru]

I think the reason he didnt mention it is because he contracted the boxes to his carpenter, not the one Mike uses with EB. The WOMs are sometimes (probably often) assembled by Academy students or interns which is funny. So if they can do it, You can!

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Lastly the POM is where I advise using a professional. Hiring an electrician if you aren’t experienced. You will need to pass inspection anyway, why chance that? As for a POM from EB, thats a local concept. There are off grid solar systems all over the world and EBs POMs aren’t even a concept. My advice if you want to build your own POM is to hire an installer who will teach you at the same time how to do it for yourself in the future and then study it on your own after. I would easily pay more for someone who will teach me. Hope that helps!

[@EarthCreature.]

@@TheOffGridGuru I'll be building in permit-waiver land. My inquiry is not for cluelessness-sakes. It's for empowerment of folks who don't have confidence as well as informing others on base costs versus comfort buys like pre-built offerings

[@litafenton4795]

How well did you pack the tires? Did you use water and sledge hammers?

[@yoopermann7942]

in a good way your videos make me wish i could still work,, i used to do hard work till i got my first of four heart attacks now i am no longer able to according to the doctors,, these are the coolest houses i have ever seen built

[@TheOffGridGuru]

I hear you, my father has been an active man into his seventies, still working in the trade. Then last year he had a back injury while we filmed the crestone videos that had him sidelined for a year… I am grateful for my youth and know that it wont be here forever.

[@douglaspohl1827]

I visited an Easthship 4 years old and could smell the tires even though covered with plaster... guess my smeller works great even after covid. BTW - couldn't see any tire tread so can only assume tires take hundreds of years to degrade in a land fill so odors likely take same. ouch!

[@guillaumekarangwa1823]

Well, maybe I'm just a glutton for info, but I like the the 'preview' in the second half. It's a keeper, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks!

[@barbararussell897]

how do you attach the frame to the tires? .. for the wall and stem walls.

[@charlesdarkly7795]

Does Ron Sciarrillo have his own KZbin channel?

[@douglaspohl1827]

IF IT SMELLS FUNKY - it is likely the smell of old tires - my wife noticed it as soon as she walked inside

[@shmittytheonly9988]

Please explain the acronyms he is using.

[@douglaspohl1827]

It has been 2+ years... can you still smell the old tires "rubber stink" smell?

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Walls are fully plastered, no exposed tires inside or out… no smell. Check the final video in the series where we tour the finished build. Also in my experience, being very sensitive to smells, you only smell the rubber when tires are fresh. Old car tires with thousands of miles on the road and no tread left 🛞 are typically what we collect for these builds. They’ve already leached their petrotoxins and no longer stink… Nobody throws away new tires and we don’t use them in construction.

[@catemc2323]

🌈💚🍀

[@litafenton4795]

How much is it to hire yall for help or advise? Lol

[@olhafilimonova4396]

Супер.

[@SirBobbyDuncan]

I plan on using my land to build a bunch of smart village huts that look like micro earthships (10'×12' & 11'×11') 😂. If anybody watches this and they're interested.... Respond

[@lenorelee4249]

R100 in New Mexico....excessive

[@JeffinBville]

Your GC gets a little preachy, eh?

[@douglaspohl1827]

Be wise - visit an EARTHSHIP and see if you can smell rotten rubber tires... I hate to rain on your parade... her nose could smell the tires - that means no tires - concrete blocks work... alternatives to consider.

[@AndrewMckay]

great video but it still amazes me that Americans use the imperial measurement system

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Don’t even get me started about the imperial system! What a joke!

[@bikebasket9594]

Why? It’s just another unit of measurement. It doesn’t have an impact after you START working.

[@AndrewMckay]

@@bikebasket9594 it makes no difference to sketchup, you simply go to some settings and change to metric, very easy I just find it amazing that the US uses imperial when the whole world uses metric. I would have thought a world standard on measurements would make more sense but you welcome to use it , just seems strange to me

[@bikebasket9594]

@@AndrewMckay Australians use a mix of it. Where are you from?

[@AndrewMckay]

@@bikebasket9594 south african here, I never hear it here Officially there are only three countries in the world that don't use the metric system: the United States, Liberia, and Myanma

[@sunc1122]

Apart from saving materials on the wall, this house is no different from a house. The wall is easily damaged. Snakes, rats, insects and ants cannot be avoided. Once it is formed, it will be catastrophic. In addition, this house must be built on a high place and do a good job. Drainage, once a flood occurs, it will collapse. The cost of a house built with modern materials can completely compete with this (this building has too much labor), and it is simple to maintain. The so-called energy saving is easy to do. This kind of project is a test of IQ.

[@travelfeet]

It does not seem that you have a full understanding of all of the design priorities and details of this construction. I agree that in terms of efficiency it is possible to match similar design goals (high mass, passive solar etc...) with a number of different construction techniques and materials, some with higher material cost and lower labor cost, but that is not the only metric under consideration for earthship design. Also, what home will not collapse (or otherwise be seriously damaged) in a flood? No one should build in a food zone if they can avoid it. As to wildlife incursion, you have no data upon which to base that conclusion. That issue is almost entirely based on finishing details that have not yet been completed for this building.

[@helleschade9484]

@@travelfeet Well said!

[@helleschade9484]

Speaking of a Test of IQ, my friend These materials and the so called modern ones used in house construction are still fabricated with toxic processes that have a huge impact on the environment from start to finish and most will keep off gassing almost indefinitely.. Those high places you said these have to be built on is simply not true, Florida Earthship interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX_di4KIn8djhqM Some of the real beauty of these houses comes from it being a labor of love as well as a damn good use for so much of the waste that keeps filling up landfills now has a new use and a important second life. I'm always amazed at how most people are illogical and still believe that a modern styled box sitting on a cemented foundation making it exposed to all the elements on all four sides could or ever would provide them a better or safer shelter or preform as well as ES styled homes in comfort or uses about the same energy regulating indoor temperature changes or withstands environmental hazardous conditions any better.