Rammed Earth Home: Building With Compressed Dirt
by
Doug Gunzelmann on
June 18th, 2008
Rammed Earth construction for buildings is thousands of years old. The technique is analogous to “manmade sedimentary rock.†What occurs is layers of prepared dirt (optimally 70% sand and 30% clay) are layered and packed in succession with either man power or machine help. When completed the rammed earth walls are as strong as concrete, [...]


