Saturday, April 23, 2011

Sketch(up)s V02!

OK so I have added stud walls to this.


VERSION 02

Second attempt, added stud walls to the back to give an air gap and provide support. 


Profile depth - 500mm.
Thoughts - The profile depth is quite deep now.  Thinking that 500mm is probably a bit extreme.  Perhaps using the double stud wall to create the air gap isn't the way.  Not sure how else to achieve it though?

Friday, April 22, 2011

Sketch(up)s V01!

So before we start building, we need to do a few things:

Step 1 - Figure out what we are going to build.
Step 2 - Buy/borrow/acquire what we need to build the wall.
Step 3 - Find somewhere to build it.
Step 4 - Start building.
Step 5 - Complete build ready for testing.


For now we are looking at Step 1.

VERSION 01

First sketch(up) of the wall done with focus on keeping the wall as simple as possible. Earthbag core with render on one side and plasterboard on the other.


Profile depth - 300mm.

Thoughts - I think we need to add something at the back to ensure that if the earthbag gets wet that it doesn't transfer directly to the plasterboard.  Like a foil?  And structurally i think it will probably start to sink a bit if we don't fix it to something but what?