Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Earthbag Homes: The Ultimate Bullet-Proof Retreat… Cheap and Easy to Build!

Via Billy

 earthbag-building

Environmentalist’s best kept secret and the concrete industry’s worst nightmare…

… the earthbag method means that you can build a small retreat to withstand bullets, floods, hurricanes, storms and fires much better than a conventional house.

And all at a fraction of the cost.

Earthbag construction is a hot topic in underground circles but has yet to hit the mainstream.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds good to me. Nadir Khalili (Hesperia Institute) developed very similar ideas to this, using stacked sand bags with barbed wire between the courses to form an igloo shaped structure. Stuccoing the exterior is critical to protect the bags from degrading to exposure. Good stuff.

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