Earthship Bottle Wall, Slip Straw Wall and Adobe Wall Construction Workshop Days June 2016!

The time is finally here, my friends, for us to begin gearing up for constructing the circular bottle wall in our craft and play room, the internal slip straw internal walls, and the adobe finish on the tire wall of our home!  While it is difficult to know for sure what days we'll be working on these projects, we'll know for certain closer to the days themselves.  Thus, we wanted to put the tentative information out there for those interested so we can compile a list of names and contact information and notify you the moment we've established firmer dates.
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We'd love for you to join us in creating the walls for our earthship home and anticipate beginning the above processes in mid-June (2016) and continuing to work on it the rest of the month.  Zac will be taking some time away from work to get us under-roof ASAP, so we'll be working each day, all day long!  If you're interested, please send us an email at secondhandhomeproject@gmail.com with the following information and we'll contact you with firmer dates at the end of this month or early June:

• Name
• Phone Number
• Types of wall construction interested in learning about
• Days and times of the week that are best for you

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Here's a bit of information on the types of wall construction we'll be tackling:

Bottle Wall Construction

We have a circular room in the far East side of our home that will be comprised mostly of recycled glass bottles turned into "bottle bricks."  They will be secured in place with an adobe mix and left to dry.  The end result is a stained glass effect in the walls made from beautiful bottles that would have been otherwise tossed in the recycling bin (which isn't a bad option, of course, but using them to build a room is OH SO much cooler!).  Below are some pictures from various sites that will serve as inspiration for our bottle wall room.

Note:  All photos were found here- http://www.inspirationgreen.com/glassbottlewalls.html

Slip Straw Walls (Internal)
Our internal walls will be constructed using a slip straw method.  A wooden form is created and a mixture of clay and straw is packed into the form and left to dry.  The form is then removed and a layer of adobe (straw, sand, clay mix) is put on the outside to create the finished product.  Here is a photo utilizing this type of construction.

Source: http://www.naturalbuildingblog.com/strawclay-houses/

Adobe Walls
A mixture of straw, sand and clay will be used to create the finished wall covering the tires!  This is a multi-step, time-consuming process so we plan on at least starting this process in June but don't know when the walls will be truly complete.
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