Today we started laying pop cans for the second side of the bond beam form. Last night we screened gravel and ran a string line. This morning at 8:00 am we started and it went very fast! At 10:30 the sheep shearer (Phillip) showed up to shear … [Read more...]
We started our first pop can wall today. We decided to make the bond beam form on the front wall out of pop cans, a traditional method according to Michael Reynolds. We opted for cans because the front wall will be most susceptible to moisture, … [Read more...]
We are now about half way done the front tire wall. It seems to go faster in a straight line, and working close to the ground helps a lot. We have decided to do the bond beam in pop cans, rather than wood. At this point in the building, there will … [Read more...]