How to make a Rammed Earth Wall

[@alapparikh2952]

I am an Architecture student and would like to thank you so very much for explaining the practical aspects of the rammed earth walls thoroughly.

[@farmaanandaa]

You're welcome!

[@archbharat]

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[@jamesmatheson5115]

Rammed Earth houses were popular here in Australia 20 years ago, not sure about now, as costs were high.

[@00007chirag]

Where are you from sir?

[@fbsfarm9910]

Thank you for this valuable information. My grandparents from both sides lived in houses made from earth here in Cyprus 100 years ago and the walls are still standing!

[@farmaanandaa]

So assuring to hear that!

[@fbsfarm9910]

@@farmaanandaa I will try and take some photos to show you.

[@bec5250]

Another amazing Indian woman bringing valuable knowledge to the world. Love it. I'm going to try this.

[@farmaanandaa]

Thank you!

[@nikodimosbiruk2243]

Thank you very much, Miss. I am from Ethiopia this morning i was sick of many mud houses in Addis Ababa , was , disracted and excavated inorder to nake the city modern. Due to this 100s if thousands of people were evacuated from the center of the city. We all were sorry, some friends etc. Actually the govt. Replenished 50 percent of evacuees with condo houses but at last it was not enough to support all. So eventhough i am not engeener i was always design, study and choose dif. Low vost materials for the needs. Today i saw a nice madam lecturing what i need. Thank you.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad to hear that

[@ogathingo8885]

Good to rediscover ancient building resources and methods that are appreciate again…indeed ancient tribal knowledges have wisdom that we slowly are respecting…

[@farmaanandaa]

Well said!

[@thandimichelle]

Thank you for your clear breakdown and instructions. This is one of the best videos I've heard on the subject.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nayan4121]

Kindly make a video about ratio of material for various types soil ie sticky ,sandy.. And haw can established the wooden frame of door, window and ventilator ,

[@farmaanandaa]

We have covered the door fixing in this video itself, but will try to make a video in more detail.

[@pateljipatel4856]

The Best Solution for tropical areas houses on Westrn side for thermal Protection n in garden for for soft plants 🙏🇮🇳🙏💐

[@aniketpatel2589]

Nice to see jitesh malik, he took one class for us on insulation art.

[@kamugishaarthur2765]

Good work but do you use concrete in foundation?

[@farmaanandaa]

The foundation is made with stone and lime. But there is a plinth beam which is made of steel & concrete, on which the shuttering is anchored and wall is built.

[@sumitakundu8052]

Thanks Manisha , you are actually showing us the way to follow our dreams, and hope will get to contact PPL who can help build our dreams.

[@agrippanyagwaya2308]

Thank you for this beautiful unique technology I'm gonna venture into this project in Zimbabwe Africa

[@farmaanandaa]

Awesome! All the best!

[@alecsherman]

Thank you for the excellent practical details like "tamping until you hear a metallic sound". Your video was so informational I've taken notes and sending to my contractor. This year I'm planning on building a rammed earth construction home and will definitely use some of these tips! I'm subscribing to your channel now...

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for subscribing!

[@arjun10able]

Hello i am from Nepal.🙏I remember my grandparents house built from mud, Bamboo n bricks which was more comfortable in summer n winter. In future i am planning to build new house with rammed earth wall. Mud house is comfy n cosy effective

[@farmaanandaa]

Thanks for sharing!

[@shaileshlute8059]

Can one hammer nail or screws in these walls ?

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes you can

[@varshau88]

Do we need to moisten the soil gravel and lime mixture before use?

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes the mixture is moistened with water.

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes the mixture is moistened with water.

[@wreay2240]

This is a video of my thoughts the last couple days about rammed earth. Thank you

[@raagamadhu]

Hello mam, Very inspiring to see the amount of changes you have adapted to lead a sustainable life. Only few can do this. As I am not as capable as you are, I am just supporting a campaign know as "Conscious plant" headed by Sadhguru to save soil. I couldn't imagine anyone except you who can understand this better.If people like you support this, the momentum that it gathers is huge. This is my small request to you to support this as much as you can 🙏🙏🙏

[@ThoneJones]

I really love the idea of this type of construction. It’s so much better than the typical 2X4 construction. Of course getting it approved by the building inspector in the USA would be a big challenge.

[@jiteshmalik3606]

You could still try non-load bearing walls, i assume....I understand, getting permissions within the urban areas in India, specially for Load bearing Walls is next to impossible....the Building Codes need to be updated with research and documentation; A group of us architects in Chandigarh area are pursuing with the administration...with our experiments at Aanandaa, we are a step closer! There is Sirewall in Canada who are building Rammed earth walls, you might be able to get specifications etc. from them for the approval process in the US.

[@Batmicheal]

That’s an issue here, getting approved for non conventional construction. Can do anything for non residential construction like sheds, barns, cellars, etc but commercial building are typically steel and concrete and residential dwellings are typically stick framed but have known of cement block construction approved for residential construction, and some areas have a method of approving log homes. There are areas that have no building codes and no code enforcement for building but I don’t live in one.

[@jamesmatheson5115]

They passed construction requirements here in Australia so America should be easy.

[@krishnaagrawal9984]

Hi. Is it possible to construct a rammed earth wall in an outward inclination of about 2 mtrs. for a height of about 18-20 mtrs. ?

[@farmaanandaa]

What do you mean by outward inclination? As long as you can erect a form work which does not collapse under the weight of the ramming, you should be able to build.

[@krishnaagrawal9984]

I mean a wall not erected straight upwards but is inclined at one side.. although the form can be erected with the help of temporary supporting structures. But will the final wall sustain without eaves in a climate type of central India?

[@namelessanonymous5216]

Works well even without rcc columns. 6'x2'x3 i.e. (length breadth height) block at a time. One layer/level of huge blocks is laid n left to dry for 24hrs & then another row is made over it. That's how ppl are building farm boundary walls in rural Punjab.

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes sure it can be done. We wanted to be 100% earthquake proof as these walls are carrying the weight of the roofs too

[@ulkapawar952]

Huge work you are doing by spreading on site knowledge! i=could you throw more light on what is the foundation used here and also, the costing of these walls. thanks a lot!

[@farmaanandaa]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Wild1Banana]

India is probably the worlds best resource for Rammed earth natural home construction with modern plumbing wiring etc and my biggest questions about rammed earth is not the walls but the engineering of wall to roof structures and materials for a well insulated natural material roof and the roof water proofing without synthetic materials etc .

[@abubakarmohd6064]

Can we build commercial building like apartments

[@farmaanandaa]

A few stories for sure. Not sure about high rises.

[@Iam.com.c]

Wow thank you that is such a good teaching on how to build basic 😮

[@the_seekerslife1027]

Thanks Manisha Ji 🙏🙏🙏 loving your efforts. So inspiring 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@sajidrafique375]

That's lovely Info . I saw one video of pakistani villagers doing exactly the same thing .

[@namelessanonymous5216]

Excellent 👍 superb. Future of environment friendly construction. I wish I cud visit the site & take a hands-on training course to DIY construct my own house. M in Lahore, Pakistan.

[@johnhoward2337]

Can you place a metal pipe in the walls for electrical lines. Ram the soil. Then pull the metal pipe out? Perhaps coat the pipe with oil or powder to retrieve easy? So that no plastic pipe is needed for electrical cables?

[@farmaanandaa]

That would be risky.

[@Lukavichiano]

Wonderful video. Well explained and presented. Thank you.

[@thakkardevansh]

Thank you so much for sharing your content, it's been very helpful and informative! Can you please demonstrate adding natural pigments in earth as you escalate 12 cms at a time and ramming it, I'm sure the effect will be be worth the extra efforts as I assume these walls will be exposed in and out later in use!

[@biswanathpradhan7549]

In Odisha, mud houses were in huge numbers. Sadly, those are rare now. Mortar is made of mud & sand, first by mixing with a spade and then adding water and using feet to make a good mixture. This mortar is laid on a foundation of stones layer by layer till reaching the desired height. I have seen mud houses of more than 50 years without much maintenance.

[@farmaanandaa]

Thanks for sharing

[@Ab_035]

Do you know mud house can be build in any location or only in dry area? What can be the cost to make for minimum of 400 sqft home?

[@atulbhagwat8043]

Very good information. Thanks for that. Are your rammed earth wall acting as panel walls? As i see RCC columns in between probably to take roof load

[@farmaanandaa]

The walls are load bearing. The pillars are just connectors between the plinth beam and ring beam and staple the entire structure together

[@yalealy]

Thank you Manisha. The information you provide is very valuable.

[@CEarthling]

I think you guys are Vegan....You adopted that stray cow.I appreciate it.

[@HarshSuryawanshi]

That’s the best video someone ever made on rammed earth. Great

[@farmaanandaa]

Wow thats great to hear!

[@HarshSuryawanshi]

@@farmaanandaa it will good if you can put detailed information on how to fix corner and end panels of shuttering, electric and plumbing working, fixing doors and windows and closing top of rammed earth wall. Basically if you have proper documentation of construction then by watching all these videos one shall easily able to understand the process and start planning his/her rammed earth adobe. Thanks

[@sara31786]

What a ram fine woman 😍

[@farmaanandaa]

Haha

[@sara31786]

@@farmaanandaa Only a person who truly understands the subject can explain it simply.......doing so with the voice and tone of an angel whilst looking flawless well, very compressive

[@irina.gamulina]

Thank you do much for this kind of detailed explanation 🙏🏼

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@haiderimran1]

Lovely piece of work. Respect from lahore and now I’m looking for artisans who can do this for my house ❤

[@farmaanandaa]

Thank you. Am sure you will find some local artisans

[@dhanrajbhure6406]

How to make rammed earth wall? Some stabilisers and aggrigaters in this so that it sets quickly. We've added lime and normal gravel or bajri(बजरी in Hindi) as a aggrigate. The soil is excavated from the site itself. We've dug water tanks for rain water harvesting and the soil excavated is used to make the walls.! We create a shuttering with two sheets of ply and some tools to hold the two sheets of ply together. Those tools are pipes which goes through the rammed earth wall and a threaded rod is put into the pipe and on both sides of the wall this is tightened and a square pipe of 1 1/2 inch by 3 inch pipe is fixed on either side. When this structure is ready, we mix the mixture of earth, aggrigate, lime etc and pour it into this framework 12 cm at a time. When it's 12 cms, we start ramming it by tampers or durmud(Hindi). Keep pounding it till you hear a solid metallic sound.! The 12 cms of mixture gets compressed to about 9 cms And then it's time to put next layer of mixture and start ramming it again. The next day itself, we de-shutter the wall and take out all the magnesium screws, loosen the plywood and remove it. With a little bit of knocking the metal pipes will come out leaving behind these holes. These can be easily be fixed using the same mixture and taking a hammer and tapping in. In rammed earth construction we've to plan first and execute later. In a rammed earth wall, you can't undo what's already put up.! Like in brick 🧱 and mortar structure you can break some bricks put a window 🪟 but in rammed earth wall,You need to plan before and execute. One must know where the electrical pipes, plumbing pipes are going to be, well in advance.! Wooden piece is placed into the edge of the wall 2 1/2 inch by 2 1/2 inch wooden piece. Wood has to be of good quality so that it won't be prone to termites. It has to be dry. Once the shuttering is removed, we've a piece of wood into it where We screw in window 🪟 and a door 🚪 frame. You can do it in any shapes or forms by just altering shape of the shuttering. All you're doing is putting in loose material and tightening it. So the walls , the junctions don't need to be perpendicular to each other. It self regulates the temperature.!

[@durbinito]

Watched two videos. Seems great. Excited to see the finish of the house.

[@pathikshah9055]

Hi, Love what your are doing and have been following you since a long time. Need your little help here. We are planing to build a farm house and are very keen on using natural materials to build our farm house. We are from Mumbai and our farm land is near PAWNA damn. This region as you know comes under heavy monsoon belt. My question here is that can Rammed Earth wall sustain in such a harsh monsoon conditions. Your insights would be really appreciated. We are contemplating either mud blocks or Rammed Earth. Thx.

[@muhammadmubeenislam]

Hey nice work. What kind of lime did you use? Is it slacked lime or any other form?

[@farmaanandaa]

Slaked lime

[@DittoK18]

Wow very informative.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad you think so!

[@rajeevrawat6863]

Thank you so much for the derailed explanation 🙏

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Appu219]

Hello sir Thanks a lot for the informative video. Have there been any examples of rammed earth wall constructions in coastal regions that are susceptible to torrential rains and high winds? Can these walls sustain such weathers easily?

[@farmaanandaa]

They can provided you make a large overhanging roof so that the rainwater does not hit against the walls.

[@best1onearth]

If your serious about building a rammed earth house. Get David Easton's book on rammed earth. Follow his formwork, plans etc. Buy a skid steer, get a mixing bucket from Ritchie auctions. I use a Stanley ta 55 tamper, it is a hydraulic tamper so runs off the ports on the skid steer. Start small, build a small wall or sitting area first. And please be safe, don't rammed in sandals, use a hard hat, gloves, safety glasses also.

[@farmaanandaa]

Thanks - none of those things are available in India!

[@greeshmaanand7635]

Do the walls require 'curing' and if yes, for how long?

[@farmaanandaa]

No, the walls do not require any curing. The shuttering is removed after a day, and the walls are ready!

[@saladin333]

Great video with full of information. Thank you! A question wil remain: how to protect the wall from rain?

[@farmaanandaa]

The wall doesn't really need any protection from rain. It will hold its own. However you can coat it with a silicon waterproofing solution to prevent it from dusting off

[@surekadevistudios7217]

Have you built with solar power in mind? Thank You for your video. I will be exploring your channel.

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes I have. Just need to install the plant now. Wondering whether to keep batteries or not. Any thoughts?

[@patelneeraj]

Wonderful !! Thank you Didi for sharing this with us!

[@VishalSingh-ng4cl]

Thankyou very much ma'am for such a precious knowledge!

[@jatinjalia8676]

This is simply beautiful

[@maelneri5495]

Thank you so much for this great presentation. Almost all of my question are answered.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad!

[@AmirSaleemShah]

Manisha ! I am still confused about the foundation of the rammed earth. My question is " Do you used Steel in the foundation of the wall or used Steel or cement in the beam beneath the walls " ? Hope you will answer the Q ?

[@farmaanandaa]

Steel and cement in the beam beneath the wall. The formwork is anchored on that beam and then we start ramming the earth

[@AmirSaleemShah]

@@farmaanandaa Thanks alot . Now I got your point.

[@AmirSaleemShah]

@@farmaanandaa I am going to construct rammed earth walls for my upcoming project. Is used of steel and cement in beams beneath the walls necessary? ( Single storey building )

[@hometube788]

really helpful video. thankyou for sharing

[@reshmithampy]

wow! this is really cool..pun intended

[@anjalikohroo7428]

Very good series for earth lovers..nice mam ...thank you for this... 🙏

[@farmaanandaa]

You're welcome. Happy to share!

[@imayank9]

thanks manisha for nice video

[@rockstar81812]

Can you please let us know , how do you waterproof you walls

[@farmaanandaa]

Rammed earth walls don't really need waterproofing. But to prevent dust from falling off continuously, you can put a thin coat of silicone which can be sprayed or brushed into the wall

[@leilatiu9721]

This what I am looking for. Thank you so much ❤

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad!

[@vinaymk2002]

Please make more videos we are glad to watch and i started to do your things in my farm

[@farmaanandaa]

Awesome!

[@jiteshbutala8444]

Madam I want to built eco friend sustainable home in one gunha of two stroryed in maharashtra where june to September having have rain

[@farmaanandaa]

Good luck. If the rains are very heavy, just provide a rood overhang to protect the walls.

[@a.s.562]

Thanks for good explanation video. Is column is necessary for this technique, will earth compress and more compact with time and wont crack will appear between different material (concrete column). May you make video review of very old houses, with/withiut columns. Namaste

[@farmaanandaa]

The walls are load bearing so columns are not really needed. But we have added some columns to connect the plinth beam and ring beam and staple the structure together. This is because we are in an Earthquake prone zone.

[@a.s.562]

@@farmaanandaa thanks for quick ans useful reply, I'm also from earthquake risk place. Namaste

[@Visualizingmathandphysics]

Beautifully explained nice and simple.

[@soltanakouider5922]

thks very informative

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kimgboy1]

Excellent i love your techniques i look forward to Learning more

[@farmaanandaa]

Awesome, thank you!

[@zh1959]

hi there, great new series! thanks a lot it's very inspiring and I would like to build a rammed earth house can you show us also a construction plan? that would be so great to see how you did the planing of your building! also how long did it take to ramm for instance 12cn by 1m? just to get an idea. most of the video on rammed earth you find don't show how to do the preperation and planing in advance.

[@farmaanandaa]

Difficult to share our house plan, as that is a private document. Its takes about 3 days to make a 10 x 9 foot wall of 13.5 inch thickness.

[@riethacrafford7375]

what is the mixtures you use of EARTH< LIME etc. please. How wet should mixture be

[@rogercarroll1663]

Great presentation, thank you very much.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lurin971]

Fantastic!

[@kiransingh9756]

Superb explanation

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad you liked it

[@radhagupta3939]

Super informative, with supporting videos as well!

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad you liked it!

[@ajayayyappan2522]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. I have enjoyed it.

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidfernandez2652]

Thank you for answering my questions from your previous video!

[@farmaanandaa]

Keep your queries comin!

[@bhanuchaudhary3436]

Wow Very Interesting 😊

[@rks3488]

Love you guys 💕💕💕

[@sirmsjira8114]

How does one learn about this construction tecnique? I'm from kenya and I'd like to have this knowledge and teach more people.

[@farmaanandaa]

Just be reading and researching!

[@ravikarpunj608]

I am inspired and wonders if I could ever get a chance to build my own "Rammed Earth" or "Earth Block" house ? Even I don't have a piece of land. But definitely would love to associate with architect near me, to learn the art. Looking forward to get an opportunity to work with.

[@farmaanandaa]

All the best!

[@anilbaraik3684]

Great Idea of constructing a Sustainable House. I would like to know when the water is added or completly no water is used to raise the Wall.

[@farmaanandaa]

Very little water is added. More like a sprinkle

[@anilbaraik3684]

When can I join you for trainings. Please send address. Atleast how much time is needed for Basic training? Thanks ANIL Ranchi Jharkhand

[@nikbivation]

amazing job, keep it up!

[@ಕಾವಲು]

thank you mam, i need learn more about this rammed earth wall, your conducting any class?

[@farmaanandaa]

No classes, sorry!

[@keefskibiro]

Thanks for this great content. How do you ensure cracks don't appear on the walls?

[@farmaanandaa]

The soil composition should have the right mix of clay, silt and sand. Also, ramming should be consistent. Shuttering should be tight. If any pillars are inserted within the wall, there should be enough space around it to ram the earth. 👍

[@balrajdevraj7493]

Amazing Manisha. It's so inspiring about your passion about nature and educating about adopting nature products !! 👌

[@shaileshlute8059]

Rammed earth vs compressed earth bricks , which are better ? Also madam plz make a video on how did u plan everything prior to execution. Thank you for great initiative.

[@farmaanandaa]

Depends on what soil you have. Earth bricks may need more clay.

[@HCEndgame]

You're doing God's work 🙏

[@farmaanandaa]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain

[@farmaanandaa]

Hello! and thanks for following us!

[@phucnguyentv7541]

I like this menthod building houses with soil❤

[@ramilabhandarisaptaranjani7781]

Thank you for such important information

[@saisuren6488]

Hi akka I saw ur project house it's fantastic akka 🎉

[@mintsanesta]

Thank you for your video, I would love to build my house using, I found some lime slurry , it has paint consistency can I use it as stabilizer? I can't wait to read you

[@farmaanandaa]

I believe you should strain it and add the thicker lime left in the strainer

[@mintsanesta]

Thank you , please would you guide us?what is the mix ratio earth/lime?

[@farmaanandaa]

Watch the other video on this playlist where Ashumi explains the details of the mix

[@mintsanesta]

@@farmaanandaa I can't find it

[@hexdef6423]

On the topic of binders what about aluminum zinc powders that later could be fired after compaction? On the topic of pipes doors and windows is there a reason aside from supplies that a corrundum bit or sets of bits shouldn't be used to cut the holes? Obviously the doors or windows you should plan but while labor intensive could be done with the above method.

[@farmaanandaa]

Your questions are too technical for me! I am just a home owner, not an architect or builder.

[@hexdef6423]

@@farmaanandaa and that's totally fair. The nice thing about the internet though is its ability to foster communication in the most unlikely of places. Maybe no one else will see this comment and reply or maybe I'll get a dozen architects telling me why this won't work. At the end of the day though, hopefully it sparks conversation and breathes new life into this ancient building method that has become abandoned in many parts of the world.

[@exoticfruitcauldron4422]

Amazing , great work , you have made it look so easy explained very well, please make more videos in detail related to rammed earth

[@farmaanandaa]

Stay tuned

[@exoticfruitcauldron4422]

@@farmaanandaa Thanks , can you please tell why these cement pilar for, its good idea, how many ?where they should be ?start and end of rammed earth wall ?

[@geraldhorst1]

thank you very much. Please can anyone tell me how you can fix anything to this wall? Like wall cabinets, shelfs, paintings? And what about the little boxes for the electric switches Thank you very much for your answer.

[@farmaanandaa]

Drill a hole. Insert a plastic or wooden plug and tighten a screw in place. The little boxes for electricals are inserted by chiselling out the wall. However electrical pipes are inserted before ramming

[@stylesg7818]

Thank you so much for the valuable information. I have two questions: - Can we build a two storey building (Ground + First floor) - Can it be achieved with a 60cm width (with or without reinforcement)? It would be great to get some input. Thank you.

[@farmaanandaa]

Yes, you can. We are building a room on the FF and will document it soon. 60cm width should be fine

[@dv9239]

If you have resources just go for stone buildings

[@dhojookram1225]

I am a great lover of sustainable earthen buildings, but want to know more about the coating of walls and waterproofing.

[@farmaanandaa]

The exterior of the walls is coated with Zycosil - a thin layer of silicon

[@king000775]

Great work, here i have a question, the rammed earth walls are having great load bearing capabilities then why you using concrete columns?

[@farmaanandaa]

To hold the entire frame together and make it erthquake proof.

[@king000775]

@@farmaanandaa great

[@054-nitindattareddy2]

Hello ma'am I'm an architecture student and i was searching for these rammed earth walls like how they are built and all. You have explained it very clearly Thank you ma'am, but just one doubt how it protects from rain like, do these walls do not absorb water???

[@farmaanandaa]

No they don't absorb water. But they need to be capped on the top with some material which prevents rain from beating down on the top. On the sides, you can coat it with layer of silicon like Zycosil

[@054-nitindattareddy2]

@@farmaanandaaThank you ma'am 😊 this video was so helpful

[@kushwaharules]

What about rains??? Will rammed earth wall bear it properly? Also what is its load bearing capacity? Repair and maintenance of it. Can it will be only done in interior walls only?

[@farmaanandaa]

It tolerates the rains very well. It is left exposed on exterior walls also with no damage. There is no maintenance really.

[@satyakithorat3545]

Wonderful, quite helpful video

[@farmaanandaa]

Glad it was helpful!