Alternative Building Construction

I am not going into pottery. I want to know about clay to make better -thin bricks and tiles -rammed earth walls.  Clay is the best ...

Now i dig a 60x60 foundation ditch.  Do a rammed earth fill with 5% lime.  first 40cm lift of rammed earth has lime and the last 20cm has a...

On the  two vaults currently in progress we had issues with the individual arches  separating .  Although this is always an issue, in a who...

I am embaressed to say I dont know what my soil type is that I use to make clay bricks, rammed earth walls. I have been playing around an...

Learning lime white wash.  Does wonders to the rammed earth walls.    Thinking of this cap on the wall.

Up to the lintel on first rammed earth building.   After building maybe 200m(2) of garden walls we are working on this small garage....

Roofing over the kiln has always been an issue.  Corrugated Iron only lasts 8 months due to the wood smoke.  cement tiles deteriorated after...