#Rammed #Earth #House July/August Update

                                                                 Hello Rammed Earth Builders

 It's been a bit slow due to weather, but we're making progress. After the trusses were up we started the fascia board 2"x 6" then the drip edge

                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Starting to shape up for sure

                 We purchased our metal roofing from Versaframe, excellent service i might add😀

                  Took week to finish and turned out well. We used Resisto Plus as the underlay.

              Now we'll begin to back fill, level and compact to the black line and start the plumbing

                                                                     😀😀😀

                                                                             Cute
                                                          A picture can say so much 😉

Looks pretty cool

Start laying out the required fittings

Better get these in the right place cause once their in and the concrete is poured that's it. 

 

Moving the kitchen drainage closer to the wall as it would have been in way while building the wall.

Assuming the position, LOL

#rammed earth build April 2017 Yippee It's Spring!!

Hello again,

The winter was long and cold AF, finally the weather is decent enough to work outside.

So i continued with the 2"x 6" beaming on top of the rammed earth walls. The plates are bolted down with 1/2" concrete anchors, triple 2" x 6" over the windows and doorways.

  

Then proceeded to start with the trusses, this is when it changes shape. How Exciting!
But first farm duties, we had our first calf.

 

There's quite the pile of trusses!

 To speed up the process i nailed joist hangers in position while on the ground to the two end trusses.

First one is up!

Top of the Morning

Coming together nicely

The excavator sure came in handy as i was working alone for a couple days

Starting to look like a house, not Stonehenge anymore.

So there's my progress, time to go back to my job. Just in time as I'm sore, lol.

I like how it is beginning to fit in with the background, feels like it will blend in nicely.