Holy Productive Week!

The weather this week home sure worked out well, we on the other hand are worn-out. Lol
We completed 1 full height wall and 3 window walls, that pretty much completed the east side of the building SWEET!

Repeat,,,,,

 



Material in motion

 



Cap time!



Long and rewarding day :)

We set the two smaller window walls up so we could ram both at the same time. Rammed both grey sections at the same time then the colored section, and capped them together.

Ready to start!

Capping

The weather held out nicely to finish the little walls.
Storm building on one side, sunset on the other.
That's the hot tub chimney ;)

Eeeeek, doesn't look so good

Extra set of hands :)

Please don't come here

Well it's been a great week home!!!

Time to go to work to relax

 Now that their dry :)

Wall two for 2016 Master Bedroom

And here we go!

Using some help this time ;)

 



Found this fella :)

Almost ready,,,

First Lift

Working our way up

 

Working our way up

 



Throw in some electrical boxes

 

Selfie!

Toweling the cap

Been a long day

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Time to open this up, see how it turned out

Fresh Wall :)

Not sure why we never thought of using the excavator before, way easier!

After this wall I especially realize the value of not using multiple form ply like in the last wall. as it's way easier to manage the form seams. Knowing what I know now I would have designed the wall lengths differently to improve forming time and quality. 

Until next week :)






About Time! :)

 

 

 

                                             Finally the frost is gone, Time to Build!

Ah the Morning Sun

 

Let the mixing begin

 

Shovel, Shovel

 

Ready to break a sweat? Hope so! LOL



Thump Thump Thump,,,

One,,One Lift AH AH AH AH

Slowly but surely  

                                                            

Been a bit slow going as it's our first one of the year, it can only get faster ;)




But First, Let's tweet it, LOL

 Last Lift!  YAY!

Time to make the cap, it's been a long day.

               


Well, there's the first one down for the year. Left side front.

Rammed Earth Workshop



Rammed earth training courses being offered over the summer of 2016.  Learn to build with what mother nature provides.

We are a husband and wife team working towards our dream home.  We have been building rammed earth structures on our property for the last three years, starting with driveway markers, an animal shelter and last summer we completed half of our house walls.  We have gained knowledge through extensive research and hands on courses.  Please feel free to have a look at our blog chronicling our progress.

We have one more summer to finish our walls and want to make sure we give anyone interested the opportunity to learn rammed earth in an applicable way.  Rammed earth is cost effective, beautiful and will last many lifetimes over, nothing compares to the feeling of being surrounded by these magnificent walls.

Come and join us in building a rammed earth residence near beautiful Christopher Lake Saskatchewan.     The course objective is to give participants experience and knowledge to build a rammed earth residence in a hands on setting.

The course will cover:

· form set up and dismantling

· material mixing

· ramming

· in wall services (plumbing and wiring)

· insulation

· rebar stabilization

Courses extends over 5 days maximum with a minimum of two days participation.  Cost is $100/day.  To maximize experience and time to relay the most information 4 to 5 days is recommended.  There are limited spots available each week so book your week early to get your spot.

Accommodation can be arranged in the Village of Christopher Lake which include small cabins and yurts.  Transportation will be provided from Christopher Lake to site.

Camping is also available on site with washroom/shower/kitchen and outdoor fire pit for use.

Christopher Lake has two basic small grocery stores, restaurants, bar, farmers market on Saturday morning, and a local beach.

Families welcome.

Dates offered:

• June 3-7
• June 17-21
• July 1-5
• July 15-19
• July 29-Aug 2
• Aug 12-16
• Aug 26-30
• Sept 9-13
• Sept 23-27

Students are encouraged bring; work boots, eye protection, and gloves.

Email pkb-burton@hotmail.com