Rammed Earth Home: Building With Compressed Dirt

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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, [...]