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Rammed Earth Home: Building With Compressed Dirt

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, [...]

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