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A place for rammed earth projects to be blogged about to provide information and inspiration to others considering Rammed Earth.
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Stephen Betzen
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First draft of office plan
Our Builder, Anderson Sargent, has been in communication Designer, Chris Everett. This is the first draft of the building plan. I will follow below with the changes we need made to the plan. (I know this not the the most exciting stuff... but we are trying to cover all aspects of the building, planning and permitting process. I hope there are some ...Jan 10 -
Information Overload on Ramming Earth
Merry Christmas! There is a lot of information on the web about Rammed Earth. I am struggling with the idea of how to structure this site to be informative and easy to use. As you know we have started blogging on our Rammed earth project here in Dallas, Texas. Blogs tell a great story, but don't really make information easy to find all the time. ...Dec 25 -
When you have to take out a good tree.... lumber.
Some of the negatives of building anything is that there is a footprint. We tried looking as many locations for the building and the one we settled on happens to cover 2 beautiful cedar trees. This location was the best location for future solar and disrupts the property's habitat the least. IT was great to know that we could find a way to use the ...Dec 22 -
Clearing the Land
Thank you all for keeping up with our progress. The blog posts will come long after they are completed, this is partially for security of the site as well as to give us time to write the post. I would love to start right in on Rammed Earth, as that is why we are so excited about this project. However we have found so few resources on actually comp ...Dec 13 -
Rammed Earth test
This is a Test of our new blogging program... the above picture is of a Ram it yourself class taught by Quinton Branch in 2006. Great workshop ...Sep 06 -
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Bill Betzen
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Shane Holt, Owner of Way-Wall Builders, first builders of rammed earth walls in Dallas
On 1-14-12 I drove with a good friend to show him the rammed earth work that was already happening in Dallas. We drove to the work being done at the facility just east of the Walnut Hill Lane Dart station. As we looked over the impressive rammed earth monument that was there, see above, Shane Holt walked up as he noticed us looking o ...Jan 16 -
First Rammed Earth Construction in Dallas
These are photos of the first rammed earth construction in Dallas. These structures are for an entryway and signage. ...Dec 26 -
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First Time rammer
Hi there I understand the basics on how to set the rammed earth structures up. However, few questions that I need answers to please: 1. What is the mix ratios for sand/clay/cement? Should I not have enough clay in the soil, can I use lime or marble dust? 2. I see from some of the photos and videos that you use vibrators b ...Feb 25 -
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