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| =Timing= | | == Phase 0 == |
| Best to buy land late in the year. This gives us winter to get building permits in place, spring to get the lay of the land and find the water table, then we can dig out the footprint as soon as the ground thaws and start pounding tires before it gets too hot.
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| =Pre-Tires=
| | * Pre-Fabrication |
| #Build work shed (2x4 frame with plywood walls. Simple)
| | ** wood gas generator |
| #Start collecting used water bottles
| | ** 12 panel solar setup |
| #Run Electrical to the shed
| | ** solar thermal panel |
| #Stake out footprint
| | ** Probably also want some sort of small tractor. |
| #Dig down to below frost line
| | * Buy Land |
| ##Get a backhoe
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| ##Dig down below frost line
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| ##Pile dirt around footprint (for later use pounding tires)
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| ##Level ground
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| #Bury fireplace inlet
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| =Tires= | | == Phase 1 == |
| #Get tires and organize by size (or get all the same size tires)
| | First year: |
| #Layout and fill first row of tires. For each tire (here's a great video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cer3WKTOcy8):
| | * [[Car Port]] |
| ##Position tire offset from previous row and 1" back
| | * Initial [[Electrical Power TA|Power]] : Solar panels, possibly wood gas, possibly a generator |
| ##Place cardboard in the bottom of the tire
| | * [[Tiny House]] V1 |
| ##Screw the cardboard and tire in place (screw into previous row)
| | * Orchard: Will take 3-5 years to start to produce, so start early. |
| ##Fill with dirt
| | * [[Greenhouse]] V1 |
| ##Pound dirt with sledge hammer
| | * Start logging and rough milling |
| ##Check level
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| ##Add more dirt and repeat
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| ##Its very important that each tire is level.
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| #Place drainage pipes - (I had it wrong, these are cooling pipes, which may not be necessary)
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| #Second row
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| #Third row
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| #Place thermal wrap
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| #Remaining tires and thermal wrap
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| #Set the anchor bolts in the top tires and fill them with concrete
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| #After the concrete has dried, cover the tires in 2mil plastic, staple in place
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| #Place top plate of wood on tires (Vol.1 p102)
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| =Framing= | | == Phase 2 == |
| #Stem wall
| | Over the next 3 years |
| ##Dig stem wall trench
| | * [[Workshop TA|Workshop]] V1 |
| ##line with plastic
| | * [[Greenhouse]] Upgrades |
| ##Pour concrete and place rebar
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| #Place support beams (in line with front of tires)
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| #Place roof supports
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| #Frame windows
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| ##Beams should be in place above and below windows
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| ##Place and square wood between each window (make sure it's square, can't check this enough times)
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| ##Put in wood for windows with operable opening
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| ##Put notching planks in place to hold window
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| #Deck roof (use screws not nails)
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| #Place skylights
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| =Roof=
| | At this point I should have a good idea of the build techniques I want to use. I should also have the orchard reasonably established and be producing a reasonable amount of food. |
| # --Chimney--?
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| #Roof Layers (as I understand it):
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| ##Metal roof
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| ##Hard insulation
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| ##Waterproof asphalt felt or tar paper
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| ##Roof decking
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| ##Trusses
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| ###X bracing between trusses
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| ###Insulation
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| ###Vapor barrier
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| ##Ceiling
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| ##Decorative tin ceiling
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| #Skylights
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| ##Frame skylight
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| ##Build glass top
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| ##Weight skylight
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| ##Rope
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| =Windows=
| | [[Category:Terram Amoenam]] |
| #Place windows
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| #Seal windows
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| #Place outside wood (to hold windows in place)
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| #Aluminum flashing
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| =Interior=
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| #Cover tires in concrete and fill gaps with bottles
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| #Planters and cisterns
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| #Cover floor in moisture barrier before pouring concrete
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| #Concrete floor
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| ##Frame sections (note that areas under the doors and any thing outside need to be separate pieces for insulation purposes)
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| ##Concrete is not poured over planters
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| #Dig Planters and cistern pools
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| #Can/bottle planter walls
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| #Walls (drywall)
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| #Electrical (how does this get from the shed to the house)
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| #Plumbing
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| ##Install pumps to get water out of cisterns
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| ##Install WOM
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| ##Water pressurizer
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| #Bathrooms
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| #Run water to bathroom and put water heater in
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| ##Bathtub
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| ###Install bathtub
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| ###Run water to shower nozzle
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| ###Run drain to planters
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| ##Sink
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| ###Install sink unit
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| ###Run water
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| ###Run drains
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| #Kitchen
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| ##Hot water at source
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| ##Kitchen Sink
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| ###Install sink
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| ###Install disposal
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| ###Run water
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| ###Connect drain
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| ##Thermal mass fridge
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| ##Oven/stove
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| #Wood floor (I want the pipes and electrical right on the concrete with a false wood floor above that so if there is ever an electrical or plumbing problem or upgrade, I can get at it with out destroying anything)
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| #Install fireplace
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| #Thermal mass refrigerator
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| =Post-Move In=
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| #Water trench (so that water will flow around the house and not soak up and through)
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| #Electrical (solar, wind, stirling)
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| #Solar water pre-heater
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This is intended to be a detailed guide to how we will build our Earthship.
Phase 0
- Pre-Fabrication
- wood gas generator
- 12 panel solar setup
- solar thermal panel
- Probably also want some sort of small tractor.
- Buy Land
Phase 1
First year:
- Car Port
- Initial Power : Solar panels, possibly wood gas, possibly a generator
- Tiny House V1
- Orchard: Will take 3-5 years to start to produce, so start early.
- Greenhouse V1
- Start logging and rough milling
Phase 2
Over the next 3 years
At this point I should have a good idea of the build techniques I want to use. I should also have the orchard reasonably established and be producing a reasonable amount of food.