Nov28 WalkThru

[@fabiancbarrio]

Thanks 👍

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Those arches are gorgeous man! Just an incredible home through and through and through

[@TS-om7vb]

Thank you for the update! When I look for examples of earth integrated homes I get nothing but earthships and their dogged desire to be eco friendly clashes with my desire to have a modern home with a seemless feel from current buildinhg that my wife would be interested in pursuing and you have done a great job with yours. Thanks for breaking a trail!

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, I have got some hate mail from the earthship folks because I am not pure enough and use concrete and insulation and run electricity from the grid. Don't get me wrong, I am interested in getting solar panels one day, we are just not there yet. And I don't believe concrete is as bad as they say. If it had more embodied energy, it would cost more to cover the cost of all that energy. The fact that it is super cheap is a strong clue that it isn't that bad. And the durability and strength of concrete just can't be beat.

[@oakld]

Great to see so much progress on this build!

[@waynecummins9713]

Great update 👍 🇬🇧

[@GudasWorld]

Oh wow its being lived in! So awesome.

[@phokingawesome007]

So awesome. I love this project. Thanks for the update.

[@jim9520]

Thank you for the update. Love your home.

[@BealyGood]

I love seeing these. We just started a build that I’ve planned for 3 years but we’ll see. You give me hope 😂

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

I'm very interested in seeing what you are up to. If you are on FB, drop me a line.

[@BealyGood]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth I will. Thanks

[@TarragonMom]

Ive been awaiting this walk through! It looks great and im glad to see you're living in the house. Your home scratches my itch for a cozy hobbit hole. Love it

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

Things have come on really well! I’ve been watching this project since the beginning and it’s great to see how much progress has been made.

[@MrBeard-ig5zc]

Wow. Haven’t caught up on your project for a couple of years. Your place looks beautiful. God bless you all.

[@pauldrake2170]

so fun to enjoy your work

[@boardwalkbw7130]

I absolutely love it!!! I'm obcessed with making those concrete arched beams for my home build!

[@GregoryCallaghan]

Glad to see your update, was wondering about how your doing.❤👍

[@rogford]

Best home design ever!

[@jesscneal]

What a unique and fantastic build. It's pretty cool to see some things get to 100% done. Beautiful work 👍

[@fouroakfarm]

Ive been following this project since the beginning and am awe struck that you did it, you made it happen, you're inside! Amazing!

[@kcconaty5270]

Wow just came across your channel 👍 cool Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼 subscribed

Looking good!

[@jasonjust-jason9489]

Excellent!

[@hubertdaugherty8986]

Always a pleasure to get an update on your journey. Thanks

[@theturcanstribe3684]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@kolan_es]

I stumbled over one of your earliest videos and I’ve followed along ever since. I think you and your family have made a marvellous job and I’m happy to see all the progress you’ve made. Well done!

[@buildingbrenham]

Its incredible! Well done

[@Clothis64]

I have been following you for years, what work you have done! Your house is beautiful and looks so comfortable! Thanks for sharing :)

[@Vanillabean321]

This is incredibly cool!

[@Patriot3791]

I remember watching you back in 2014 thinking it's never going to get done. Looking good, but still not done. lol

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, we really slowed down since moving in. But we have not stopped.

[@BenKoren]

Excellent work.

[@btolan96]

YES!

[@georgelstuart]

Fantastic! I must have missed the move in... I admire your vision and courage to make it happen. I would aspire to something similar but those days may be behind me now. Alas! Judging by the snow cover you must be in Kansas or perhaps the Nebraskas. I noticed that's where the band of snow was in the past week or 2.

[@ForbiddTV]

Michigan. We got just over an inch a few days ago, but it will melt today.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

South East Michigan. We just had a cold few days. If we get another warm up, I'll finish up that trellis outside. If not, then I'll keep working on the office and kitchen. Its always good to have options in case the weather doesn't cooperate.

[@michiganengineer8621]

Great to see a new update! Hope you and yours had an awesome Thanksgiving, even though the Lions played to their normal Turkey day standards LOL

[@charlie7057]

Awesome

[@keithahlstrom176]

Ooooof! So much work! As you are sitting there with so many unfinished projects - do you ever wonder if you should have scaled it all back at the planning stage? When I was planning my home, it would get out of control and I would collapse it back to a simple project again. I’d probably still be working on it today (13 years later) had I not simplified everything. Great project! You do you! 😂

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Oh yea, we went way too complicated... I was experimenting with different methods. But it was a process so I could learn about the different methods. If I could go back, I'd avoid doing a number of things that just made things more difficult.

[@keithahlstrom176]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth I had many of the same things you did on my wish list. Earth tubes etc. now I am both jealous and happy I didn’t at the same time. Looks amazing. Good job!

[@plucaschina]

Awesome. Acoustics definitely an issue. There are some partial solutions, even post design. I guess an engineer knows all that already....

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, I had imagined I would need to do something, especially in that office. All the other vaults were designed so the echo is high above your head and you don't hear it walking around. For the office, I was thinking fancy stuff like acoustic panels laid out like a geodesic dome (I wanted to build something geodesic and that would be the perfect excuse). But then I put a desk, some chairs and boxes (never unpacked) in that room and the echo went away immediately. So maybe I don't even need to get fancy... But yea, if the echo is bad when I move back in, I'll get to do the geodesic acoustic panels.

[@plucaschina]

​@@SimonHomeintheEarth Years ago when I occasionally consulted for architectural acoustics, I had simple three-principle rule of thumb for solving acoustics issues, 1) Reduce (eliminate sources of sound, for example, eliminate a noisy hardwood floor that people walk on), 2) Disperse (reflect the sound away towards unused spaces, or break it up with rough surfaces or odd planes, and eliminate parallel planes, etc.) and 3) Absorb (strategically employ absorbent materials). The Absorb part was the most problematic.... different material thicknesses absorb different wavelengths, etc., and so the first two steps usually got a lot of attention.

[@toddincabo]

killer holmes just killer

[@texasscience6580]

cool house

[@CharlesRyann]

Did you ever have any condensation from the ceiling inside during the humid months? its always cool to see update videos.....come so far!

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

No, no condensation inside since we put the windows in. The spring before windows, the bedroom walls were very cold and we had a few hot humid days with no way to stop the humid air from getting to the walls, so we saw condensation. Now the house is well sealed, so the condensation happens in the earth tubes as the humid air is cooled. Once in the room, it warms up again (the house is warmer than the earth tubes) and the dew point drops so we don't see any condensation inside anymore. The one exception is inside that box just before the fan. So I need to redesign that this winter before it happens again next spring.

[@CharlesRyann]

thats super good then, that would be my biggest concern with a earth home. Seems if well designed its way better than the homes everyone makes today. Awesome! @@SimonHomeintheEarth 👍

[@usedtobecool6874]

so cool

[@Jake53]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@shannonstiles8751]

What if you had a heater in the air intake room or do you?

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Nope, no heater in the air intake room. I let the air come in after being warmed by the earth tubes and then just distribute it thru the house. If you are used to forced air being hot, you will find that you really enjoy having the air nice and cool (it feels fresher that way) and getting your warmth radiated from the floors and walls. Radiant heat from the concrete feels like sunshine on your skin rather than hot air in your lungs. Not heating the air also means the air stays at about 30 or 40% humidity all winter (heating air dries it out), so we didn't get dry skin or electric shocks like we did in the previous house.

[@AaronPowellvox]

My lord have mercy those birds are annoying.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, they were really freaking out during that recording. I think they saw me come in the front door and they wanted some attention. Normally, they sound quite pleasant.

[@AaronPowellvox]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth I had a roommate that had one of those birds. It constantly woke me up. I couldn’t talk on the phone anywhere near it. I guess I’m still traumatized by living with it for so long. Her tweet was shrill and the same stupid note every time.