#Rammed #Earth The dining room wall

Well not much to say here,,, carry on.

The scene is set, 

Just waiting for us  :) 

First thing in the morning  seems to be working well for us to start. 

After a morning coffee we are,,, Ready to go! 

Thump, Thump, Thump, 

More dirt,,,,, 

Sounds Fantastic, :) 

Hey! Here comes some color! 

We really tried hard this time to get a better result with electrical boxes. 

Nothing but work,,,,, 

And there it will be for the night,,, 

Time to start the hot tub!  Oh we are so going to enjoy this! 

And then there was a dining room wall

Sure is a deep red when still wet, 

 

The extra time spent on the outlets really paid off, they look great! 

The seams look good too. 

Couple of days to dry and it's Lightening up. 

Cool, another one done, one by one :) 

#RammedEarth,The Kitchen window and South Entrance

The Kitchen window and South Entrance

Didn't go as nice as I would have liked but none the less.

Anticipating the wall

Waiting,,,,,,,,   ;) 

Ok, take a break

Looks like I got carried away, too much force/not enough brace

This is for the outside water hose  

Staying tight, everywhere but,,, 

Small gap from the brace failing, the wall will bulge slightly 

Nothing like capping a job off, 

Looks pretty straight on this side, 

Looks good so far, just about to ram the doorway. 

Slight bluge due to the form moving in the one corner.

This will be the south entrance 

It's cool to watch the moisture leave, 

The walls will be backfilled to 2 feet, that's why we we didn't colour the bottom couple of feet. 

Coming along nicely. 

Time to clean the area up and move down. 

Couple of hours later, just can't get enough of these walls. Normally you wouldn't bat an eye on a regular wall, but Rammed Earth walls are so interesting.

#Rammed Earth 2'x2'x11' pillar

Here comes the next one,

The raw material

Ready to be mixed with the Bobcat

Pinning the mitres in place

Adding the rebar every 2'

and more insulation

                                                  

Time to cap it!

Mix, mix, mix,

I'm waiting for Kristin to get up, so she can help me take the rest of the form off,,,, 

peep

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Boo

It's sure nice to look at these walls

Our May #Rammedearth walls turned out nice, such an Awesome experience to build this way.

Here we are finishing off the cap on the Sun room window sil

Sometimes it's not that easy to take pictures at every step, palm face.

May 2015 let's get this party started!

Getting ready for #Rammed Earth Wall #3  :)

Going to be an exciting year for building 

Fill in project before the building materials arrived. Fun times

#RammedEarth #Winter

                                                         Frost behaviour is interesting