TOP 5 Things to know before you build an Earthship

[@sweetiecheressehamlett4455]

Allodial titles and land patents help with those codes, too

[@goodcitizen9827]

Love the renewed focus. Let us know what you've been up to as of late with some vids please

[@TheFibonacci3]

Looking forward to the in depth segments guys!

[@TheOffGridGuru]

💥 Owner Builders Unite!!! 💥

[@jessthefigment4222]

I’m excited for your videos and would also be interested in videos on start up costs of a super or hyper adobe house. Great work!

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Building the wooden skillion frame for my Central U.P. earthship in June. The skillion frame was the cheapest and quickest structure I can build. Leaves room to build masonry columns too. A lot like Goldie and Matts. Built for my snow loads. To have more shelter than a tent at camp. I also need 6/12 slope for heavy snow loads. 9 piers, 9 post, 3 headers, and roof make up a simple pole structure. The first 24x32 of 3 sections. So hoping to have skillion pavilion built in a coupe of weeks this June. Then will figure out funding for side walls or maybe have more money saved by then. I will be using concrete block that I have with stone veneer for my 6 foot north wall. The north wall is coldest so, shrank it down. To minimum I need for egress windows. The farther you go north the colder the ground gets. I need as much insulation under the floor as the roof. R60 with thermal break and thermal mass. So a berm I think would be a loss of energy and labor and time. Rockwool batts and board around outside of block then low perm vapor barrier, air gap, and a 12"-8" stone veneer. I would use stone over concrete block for structure but time and my labor. Code changed on what kind of insulation I can do under floors. Hoping to use local limestone fines with 3.5" mix of concrete+flag stone over insulation. Going above ground planter. I like the skillion frame design, because can start with a 24x32 area with half enclosed and then add on. Less than 5000$ I can have framed shelter. I have plans for 2 masonry heaters, masonry stove and white oven on that north block wall too. So it needs a massive insulated block foundation. Because using block piers I need no heavy machinery to start building the wooden frame. I work on the oldest masonry buildings around for a living.

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Sounds like you got a lot of it planned out which is a good thing! It would be awesome to see some of your progress with it later this year.... very interesting build and lots of different hybrid ideas. Good luck Eli and thanks again for the comments!

[@soahc311]

Nice to see you guys making videos again. Looking forward to what's to come.

[@openwingearthship3662]

Fantastic video and really balanced perspective. Can’t wait to see the gray water and cistern videos! Thanks for doing this!

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Thanks! Hope your build down in Alamosa is doing good!

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

May I suggest a topic. Have you ever seen the solar kilns? Reminds me of the earthship greenhouses but to dry wood. That's a great earthship add on to me. If your in a place with trees to use a lumber.

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Yeah! That'd be cool! Gotta dry that green lumber

[@jengabubs]

Do you do videos on earthship hybrid type houses? Something that’s maybe not totally self sufficient but modifications we can do on our own homes.

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

There's certainly a few different types of "Earthship" style house on our Home Tour playlist if you click on that... I would certainly say some of them are hybrid types but more tours to come! Will have some more passive solar stuff coming. Thanks for watching.

[@SGTCHILI]

is 3000 tires enough to start?

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

That's way more tires than you need... depending on how many sqft your place is you might need as little as 400-500... that's around what mine is... and it's 900sqft. Hope that gives you an idea.

[@best1onearth]

Old tires leach petrochemicals, rubber compounds and all kinds of heavy metals (including mercury and lead) into surrounding soil and groundwater. A tire, even partially, submerged in water will kill most aquatic life within weeks. Plants will absorb these pollutants, so eating anything grown next to an old tire is literal poison. Don't even use the plants for composting for the same reason.

[@suewomack5528]

Could you discuss doing an Earthbag Earthship hybrid

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Our friends might be starting one this spring time down the road so we will keepo you posted

[@ChuckCassadyYT]

pocket of freedom was my nickname in high school

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Comment god

[@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune]

Would a earthship home be good in Louisiana?

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

I think so! You'd just have to do a good job with the vapor barrier since Louisiana has so much moisture. They build them all over the world even in tropical climates.

[@ChuckCassadyYT]

that's what im talking about. taking notes.

[@theycallmesocks1369]

I'm looking to build a chicken coop, earthship style, but with earthbags. I have construction experience, and I welded for a few years too. What dimensions do I need to consider? It's not going to have a green house like with plants, but I might try to get a stream running through the front part for them. Anything to help keep them safer overnight and warmer on these winter days.

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

That sounds like a fun project, I think you should consider the amount on chickens you want for your dimensions and I’m a fan of building stuff smaller at first and then maybe doing an addition… just a thought, happy building!

[@johnnyfoo8737]

I got something for you whats the long term effects of tires leaking chemicals and metals into the the ground water. Nobody ever talks about this. BTW I would vote with my feet on any state that requires a permit for rainwater and a well

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

@@johnnyfoo8737 what about tires sitting at landfills? We are covering the tires and keeping them out of the sun and away from direct water

[@mixedmediaartgirl300]

Just how small could you possibly make an earthship? i'm just curious.

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Depending on what your county allows. But you can go as small as you want.

[@mixedmediaartgirl300]

@@OwnerBuildersUnite I want to do one on wheels.... cut some red tape

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

@@mixedmediaartgirl300 Well... idk how you could build an Earthship on wheels... or a trailer.... it's got to be bermed into the Earth. That's kinda one of the main principles.

[@billpeck1237]

No building codes means no POA. What can we do to eliminate them?

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Well it seems people have been trying for years, majority rule?

[@ChuckCassadyYT]

why do earthships use tires?

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Because they are free, everywhere, and a great way to add thermal mass to a passive solar structure. And to make building take a little longer so you can really take it all in

[@ChuckCassadyYT]

@@OwnerBuildersUnite love that last bit. savor the flavorr

[@FreakFolk391]

best beards on youtube

[@nicholaspennmusic]

Owner builders IGNITE!

[@b_ks]

The tires are completely unnecessary, aren't they?

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

@@b_ks your comment is completely unnecessary

[@EarthCreature.]

I want to know all the perks to building in Crestone in opposition to elsewhere before I decide where to build mine

[@TheOffGridGuru]

Don’t just research the perks, but the cons too…of any place

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

We will be talking about that more in depth and how it relates to Crestone during our next video on the first topic. Thanks for the comment!

[@EarthCreature.]

@@TheOffGridGuru Cons are a given.. the emphasis is on the perks for a reason

[@TheOffGridGuru]

@@EarthCreature. I try not to take anything as for "given" . Glad you are looking at all angles... just trying to help.. Good luck!

[@goodcitizen9827]

@@TheOffGridGuru Maybe don't complicate it. Everyone knows there's more stacked against earthships than not.