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Article: The $55K, 2,900-sq. ft, eco-friendly home & no electricity bill (Earthship)
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(Direct link will probably disappear behind a paywall in 30 days - search Google for the article title to read it after that...) The $55K, 2,900-square foot, eco-friendly home Probably not news to most EcoRenovators, but here's a mainstream media article about the growing number of "Earthship" homes being built in Canada. It's a bit short on technical issues. Quote:
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The comments that go with the article are interesting too.
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I love the idea of having a 'experimental house', I should look into that as my next house will be built off grid on acreage.
My plan is for a concrete & glass structure with soil / vegetation and on the roof. I was going to call it my recreation property more then my home, so as to avoid the building regulations. |
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I wonder what kind of toxic fumes old tire "bricks" give off.
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10-16-12, 05:35 PM | #5 |
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The toxic kind.
The guys a hack.. its a make work project, but i like it! |
10-16-12, 06:02 PM | #6 |
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i love the documentary. i think the guy is as real as it gets. im going to have to research earthships. i cant believe they do that good in that type of climates.
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10-17-12, 12:28 AM | #7 |
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I would think earth bags would be a quicker way to build cheaply and quickly in disaster areas compared to the effort of hammering tires full of dirt.
I did feel his pain when it came to dealing with the political system though. |
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I imagine that humidity is difficult to manage. I don't think this is a good solution for cold climates. But the idea of using recycled materials is great. I also don't like the idea of living in a pile of used tires. I don't like to touch tires even when new. I wouldn't wear them on my body so I wouldn't want to use them as my "third skin", as Robert Riversong calls a house.
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They're apparently fully encased within the walls (concrete) - from a commenter at that newspaper article.
Agreed - humidity will be interesting to manage with an indoor garden. But one of the designs I saw in the first 10 minutes of the video showed a separate "window wall" between the garden and the living area. So it's perhaps more like an "attached greenhouse" than having a garden inside the house.
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Hadn't thought about the plants. I was mostly talking about moisture coming in through the walls and floor.
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