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9th August 2012, 10:38 AM #1Senior Member
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My Machinery Shed WIP - a bit different!
Basically a post and beam construction with rammed earth tyre infill walls topped with compressed earth blocks. Walls will be back-filled against along the back to just below the height of the tyres, and on the sides it will be tapered down to ground level. Shed is 10m by 7.8m including the verandah. One bay will be closed in to provide a bit more comfortable living quarters whilst we build the house.
Further photos (lots) can be seen here https://picasaweb.google.com/1173444...eat=directlink
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9th August 2012, 10:45 AM #2
Looks good.
I'm in the process of building a retaining wall with tyres. What's your method for packing the earth right up under the top side of the tyre? I've been using a sledge hammer but it's hard work forcing it right up in there so that the wall of the tyre is packed tight.
I'm also thinking of doing some garden walls with it. Did you put anything vertically through the tyres like reo, or does it just rely on the weight of the clay?"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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9th August 2012, 11:00 AM #3Senior Member
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Hi silentC.
Our original intention was to use a tamping plate on a jack hammer but I'm had trouble getting one made that would survive more than a couple of hours without falling to bits. The latest version is very solid but too heavy for the jack hammer to move. I have now bought a tamping plate from the US but need to modify the shaft slightly before I can use it. So, like you I've been using a sledge hammer. Yes, very hard work but one thing that makes it a lot easier is that I cut the top out of the tyres. Originally I did it to provide ramming room around the posts but now I do it to all of them. Really makes a difference. Just need to make sure that it is rammed evenly so the tyre stays round. Still takes 20 to 30 minutes a tyre.
There is nothing vertically through the tyres - just the shear weight and the weight of the bricks on top holds them in place. I do tek screw them together horizontally just to keep them aligned better.
I did get a structural engineer to OK this to get my building permit.
RickeyLast edited by Rickey Herb; 9th August 2012 at 11:03 AM. Reason: Removed link to photo - didn't work
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9th August 2012, 11:06 AM #4I cut the top out of the tyres
I saw a house on Grand Designs a few years ago that featured a tyre wall. I reckon they would be more structurally sound than mud bricks because of the rubber. The only issue I guess is what may leach out of them over time, but if they're rendered and out of the weather, shouldn't be a problem."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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9th August 2012, 11:13 AM #5Senior Member
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Yes, we saw the same Grand Designs. Brittany from memory. Certainly for a retaining wall tyres are a very good solution I reckon. Do a Google on Earthships. Plenty of people building them and living in them. The compressed earth blocks or mudbricks are a great building material though. Very easy to work with compared to say stone. Walls will be rendered with a lime and sand render after they have been levelled with a mud plaster.
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9th August 2012, 11:27 AM #6Certainly for a retaining wall tyres are a very good solution I reckon
I've done a couple here now and we get something like pig face growing on them. Within a year or two it covers the tyres. No way we could afford to use blocks or sleepers on the scale we're working on here.
Are you putting lime or anything in the mud plaster, or is it just straight clay?"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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9th August 2012, 11:31 AM #7Senior Member
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Just mud and a bit of sand to get them flat and then will do a lime and sand render. Probably 20 mm of lime render.
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9th August 2012, 11:32 AM #8
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9th August 2012, 12:32 PM #9Senior Member
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Thanks Wongo. High praise coming from you. (Luv your rocking horses). It is very tyring but as I'm retyred I can take my time. Key to it is to mix up the heavy labour with some light duties.
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9th August 2012, 01:13 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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It is very tyring but as I'm retyred I can take my time.Bob
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9th August 2012, 02:01 PM #11
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Love the ventilation.
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10th August 2012, 10:46 AM #13
I like it.
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10th August 2012, 01:06 PM #14Senior Member
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Will be heading up in the morning for an overnighter to make some more bricks and lay what's left. Attached photos show the bricks I've made from the soil up there. Could be a bit fresh but a lot better now we have moved camp to under the shed.
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