Off grid living | Testing our soil for our hyper adobe house

Today we are making 3 bricks. A 12:1, 10:1 and an 8:1 ratio of native soil mixed with portland cement. We also make a native soil brick with no cement to test the strength of them for our hyperadobe house we will be building in a couple weeks.

[theamerican]

very interesting. good luck. i think 8 to 1 will be best

[edhilton]

I had thought they were to be removed from the mold to harden, allowing air to contact all sides. good luck with your project, i enjoy your videos

[bananapatch]

So starting from scratch, I’ll need to buy the land, dig a well ….anything else before building starts ? We’ll be doing this about 30 minutes north of Queretaro Mexico.
Thx !

[mosbysmen]

your doing thousands of hours of back breaking work, i would be adding portland

[mikeodonnell]

Hi kids!! Am I understanding this right!! Are you going to make the bricks yourself or is there a company that comes in with a machine to make them?? Have a good day

[zacharyrivera]

Check out gold wizard and his design for separating rock from soil, I believe you'll find it helpful 😉.

[larafamilyhomestead]

Do you need to test for inspection or is that not need for this type of house