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    How to Build a Global Model Earthship Operation II: Concrete Work
    How to Build a Global Model Earthship Operation II: Concrete Work
    How to Build a Global Model Earthship Operation II: Concrete Work
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    How to Build a Global Model Earthship Operation II: Concrete Work

    By Michael Reynolds

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    This booklet is the second in a twelve part series that walks the owner/builder through the construction of a Global Model Earthship. This installment covers the concrete and steel strength of the building, including footings, buttresses and bond beam. Photographs, diagrams and thorough explanations of procedures will guide you through the concrete work phase of the building.

    With over 40 years of experience, Michael Reynolds has developed a 'living' home that heats and cools itself passively, harvests/treats/ and reuses its water four times, collects its own electricity, and grows its own food. The Global Model, which incorporates the double greenhouse, is the culmination of years of experimenting and building with recycled materials. These booklets have been put together with input from the Earthship crew, who have built hundreds of these homes around the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateFeb 2, 2017
    ISBN9781456615819
    How to Build a Global Model Earthship Operation II: Concrete Work
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    Michael Reynolds

    Major General Michael Reynolds CB joined the British Army in 1948, and was commissioned into the Queens Royal Regiment in 1950. In the course of a long and distinguished career, he served in Korea, where he was severely wounded, Northern Ireland and West Germany. On promotion to Major General he assumed command of NATO's Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (Land). In retirement, he became guest speaker on British Army and NATO battlefield tours in the Ardennes, publishing a number of detailed histories on World War 2 operations in Europe. He died in 2015.

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      How to Build a Global Model Earthship Operation II - Michael Reynolds

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      Operation 2: Concrete Work Overview

      The first part of constructing your building is the most important part. Take your time, double check your work, then triple check your work.

      • Buttress Footings

      • Buttresses

      • Concrete Bond Beam

      • Structural Front Face Footing

      • Interior Footings

      • Exterior Footings

      Buttress Footings

      Step 1

      Buttresses are like a spur out to help support a straight linear wall that is about 20’ or more and are typically located along the North wall in Earthship designs (in the northern hemisphere). They are designed into the building to line up with a wall or other features within the home so as not to have too much affect in the living spaces.

      Locate the footprint of your buttresses from your specific construction drawings. You will be digging a hole large enough to place a 24x 36 rebar grid, digging down 10 inches deep below grade (the size of the footings will vary according to soil conditions and local codes, for this information contact your local building authority). This hole is centered on where your buttresses will be. The general rule of thumb for the spacing of buttresses to aid in the support of a tire wall construction is to place the buttresses no more than 14 feet apart. See your construction drawings for specific placement.

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