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| This is intended to be a detailed guide to how we will build our Earthship. | | This is intended to be a detailed guide to how we will build our Earthship. |
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| == CS Fabrication == | | == Pre-Fabrication == |
| Requires welding gear
| | Build and tune the wood gas generator. |
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| Base parts for the system
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| * Square tubes
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| * bar stock
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| * power cube (1 or 2?)
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| * hydraulic motors (2-4)
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| * hydraulic actuator
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| * differential gear
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| * tires
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| * steering mechanism (should be a kit, but adjustable width and offset)
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| The goal is to be able to construct
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| * tractor and excavator attachemnt
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| * earth processing equipment
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| * ceb press
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| Build and tune the wood gas generator.
| | Probably also want some sort of small tractor. |
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| == Buy Land == | | == Buy Land == |
| Not much to say, but this is going to be a long, painful process. | | Not much to say, but this is going to be a long, painful process. |
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| | == [http://wiki.adamcolton.net/index.php/Earthship_Power Power] == |
| | Get the wood gas generator on site and get solar setup. This is necessary to power the tools for everything else. |
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| == Shed == | | == Shed == |
| The goal is to build a 5'x5' shed. This will give me experience with making and laying bricks, capping them with a bond beam, building trusses, attaching them and attaching roofing. For this part I may skip milling the lumber myself because of the long dry time. I can purchase lumber and move quicker.
| | Probably a 10'x10' raised foundation construction. This will house the batteries and during early construction I can sleep here. |
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| * Prepare bricks and lumber
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| * Dig out foundation and rat wall
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| * Pour foundation
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| * build walls
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| * bond beam
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| * build trusses
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| * hoist and attach truss
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| * sheeting for roof
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| * waterproofing for roof
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| * aluminum roof
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| I should probably put in one window and a door for practice. | |
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| == Prototyping ==
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| #Water systems (this can be done before land)
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| ##Water tank
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| ##Build or order WOM
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| ##Water pressure
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| ##Send it out to a garden hose
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| #Build a root cellar with tire walls (make it north facing to keep it really cool)
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| ##Lay tires
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| ##Dig it out
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| ##Cement the inside
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| ##Put on roofing
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| =Pre-Tires=
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| #Find a source for tires and cardboard
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| #Do this (http://www.instructables.com/id/low-tech-3d-scanner-for-your-building-site/) to get a site survey
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| #Build work shed (2x4 frame with plywood walls. Simple) if there isn't one already
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| #Start collecting used water and glass bottles (do we need this?)
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| #Electrical?
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| ##Do we have access to electricity? Yes - don't do anything now, No - connect to grid, or setup solar.
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| #Stake out footprint
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| #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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| #Bury fireplace inlet
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| ##Tamp and level ground
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| =Tires=
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| #Get tires and organize by size (or get all the same size tires)
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| #Layout and fill first row of tires. For each tire (here's a great video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cer3WKTOcy8):
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| ##Position tire offset from previous row and 1" back
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| ##Place cardboard in the bottom of the tire
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| ##Screw the cardboard and tire in place (screw into previous row)
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| ##Fill with dirt
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| ##Pound dirt with sledge hammer
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| ##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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| # 3-4 weeks before tires, buttresses and stem wall are done, order the trusses
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| #Concrete buttresses
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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=
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| #Stem wall
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| ##Dig stem wall trench
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| ##line with plastic
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| ##Build rebar cage
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| ##Place rebar and Pour concrete
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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=
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| # --Chimney--?
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| #Roof Layers (as I understand it):
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| ##Metal roof
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| ##OSB filler, pine perlins and heating tubes
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| ##Hard insulation (poly-iso)
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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 (perhaps Sprayed Polyurethane Foam 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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| #Gutters
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| =Windows=
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| #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= | | == Greenhouse == |
| #Cover tires in concrete and fill gaps with bottles
| | Moving in will take years, but I can setup a greenhouse and start extracting value in a few months. |
| #Cover floor in moisture barrier before pouring concrete
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| #Dig plumbing trenches, line with wood
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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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| #Planters
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| ##Dig down planters
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| ##Line with plastic
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| ##Install well pump
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| ##Fill with gravel upto 4" from plumbing trench
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| ##Run plumbing into planters so water falls 4" onto gravel, place bucket guard around plumbing
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| ##Aluminum mesh
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| ##Can/bottle planter walls
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| ##Fill with dirt and plants
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| #Walls (drywall)
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| #Electrical
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| ##Purchase PV panels, batteries and inverter
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| ##Install PV panels
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| ##Setup batteries in a utility room
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| ##Setup inverter
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| ##Run wiring to the house as needed
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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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| ##Run the whole thing out to a garden hose, use that for watering plants
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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 outside
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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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| ##Oven/stove
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| #Install fireplace - The chimney and outside air pipe are already in place, potbelly stove just needs to be hooked up
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| #Bottle wall on main room
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| =Post-Move In= | | == Workshop == |
| #Water trench (so that water will flow around the house and not soak up and through)
| | Polebarn construction. |
| #Wind Power
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| #Solar water pre-heater
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| #Thermal mass fridge/freezer
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| [[Category:Earthship]] | | [[Category:Earthship]] |
This is intended to be a detailed guide to how we will build our Earthship.
Pre-Fabrication
Build and tune the wood gas generator.
Probably also want some sort of small tractor.
Buy Land
Not much to say, but this is going to be a long, painful process.
Get the wood gas generator on site and get solar setup. This is necessary to power the tools for everything else.
Shed
Probably a 10'x10' raised foundation construction. This will house the batteries and during early construction I can sleep here.
Greenhouse
Moving in will take years, but I can setup a greenhouse and start extracting value in a few months.
Workshop
Polebarn construction.