Berming the Earth Berm Cottage (Part 1)
The cottage has finally transitioned to being the earth berm cottage. Quite a bit when into the berm so I’ll […]
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The cottage has finally transitioned to being the earth berm cottage. Quite a bit when into the berm so I’ll […]
Read more →We decided to put an earthen floor in the cottage because we wanted to minimize the amount of concrete used […]
Read more →Our area experienced a freezing rain/ice storm Wednesday with significant repercussions. Most of our neighborhood lost power for most of […]
Read more →When explaining the concept of an earth sheltered house I often resort to, “Well, it’s like a hobbit house.” The […]
Read more →We finished infilling the interior walls of the cottage at the end of August. You typically want to give light […]
Read more →The walls of the Earth Berm Cottage are infilled! We used a combination of cob and light clay straw. I […]
Read more →A light clay straw tumbler is a tool for coating straw with clay slip to create light clay straw which […]
Read more →The Earth Berm Cottage (EBC) is an earth sheltered tiny house. The walls are light wood framed (2×6 studs on […]
Read more →Drain Waste Vent (DWV) The drain, waste vent system is pretty simple. The half bath will have a composting toilet […]
Read more →Wall Framing I used pressure treated 2x6s for the sill plates. I cut them them to length, drilled holes for […]
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