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	Sourcebook Earth Guidelines
		Compressed Earth Block come in two basic types, The vertical press where the block are normally 10" x 14" (there are many variations) that are fixed with the height of the block nominally 3" which is variable due to the variability of the soil.
		Rammed earth walls have low tensile strength, and should be reinforced by providing a bond or collar beam.
		Earth floors must be protected from capillary action of water by sealing with a water tight membrane underlayment.
	www.greenbuilder.com /sourcebook/EarthGuidelines.html (3928 words)

	Rammed Earth Construction - Background, History, Raw Materials, Design, The Manufacturing, Byproducts/Waste
		Rammed earth was brushed aside until it was repopularized during the environmentally conscious 1970s.
		Individual, rammed earth bricks can be formed and used with standard building techniques; in fact, such bricks may be used to form the floors in a rammed earth house built with other techniques.
		Rammed earth tire walls are finished by inserting aluminum cans into gaps between the tires and filling remaining voids with adobe (straw-reinforced mud).
	www.madehow.com /Volume-3/Rammed-Earth-Construction.html (2389 words)

	Rammed Earth Construction \| California \| Napa \| Sonoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rammed earth buildings are renowned for their comfort and for their rich and varied texture.
		Recently, rammed earth has become highly valued in contemporary architecture for its energy efficiency and aesthetic qualities, and rammed earth is increasingly seen in award-winning and architecturally significant buildings.
		Rammed earth structures are built by compacting a moist mixture of sand, crushed rock and gravel, together with a binding agent such as lime or cement, into a form in layers called lifts.
	www.rammedearthconstruction.com (1032 words)

	Rammed Earth Homes by Green Earth Builders, Inc. : faqs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rammed earth is an ancient method of building that scholars say is some 10,000 plus years old.
		Rammed earth is very strong, so it can easily hold back the weight of back-filled earth in retaining walls.
		Rammed earth walls never need painting and are stunning as is. If you do paint them, you will add unnecessary maintenance costs to your home.
	www.greenearthbuilders.com /index.asp?builders=faqs (1427 words)

	Your Home Technical Manual - 3.4c Construction Systems - Rammed earth
		Stabilised rammed earth walls need little added protection but are usually coated with a permeable sealer to increase the life of the material – this varies with circumstance and there are thousands of unstabilised rammed earth buildings around the world that have given good service over many centuries.
		Rammed earth possesses a generally high durability but all types of rammed earth walls are porous by nature and need protection from driving rain and long term exposure to moisture.
		Rammed Earth is made by ramming a mix of selected aggregates into removal formwork to create a monolithic, high mass wall.
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /yourhome/technical/fs34c.htm (2248 words)

	Rammed Earth Works-Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An earth walled building with a natural finish emits no toxins, and in combination with soil-cement flooring warmed by radiant tubing, the indoor air is superior to most other buildings on the market.
		Earth is an unprocessed, widely available building material with virtually no side effects associated with its harvesting or use.
		Since an earth walled building saves construction and energy resources, doesn't pollute, and lasts practically forever is a wise investment in the future of the planet.
	www.rammedearthworks.com /facts.html (1398 words)

	Green Home Building: Naturtal Building Techniques: Rammed Earth
		Ramming earth to create walls is at least as old as the Great Wall of China.
		Earth walls can be plastered with a variety of earth tone colors, limewashed, or left in their natural tone.
		Most rammed earth in the world has been built by hand, with manual tamping, and this method allows the novice or new owner builder to experiment at low cost.
	www.greenhomebuilding.com /rammedearth.htm (1622 words)

	Rammed Earth Homes by Green Earth Builders, Inc. : home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rammed earth buildings have been with us for over 10,000 years and truly very little has changed in that time.
		Yes, we've added all the latest home conveniences but rammed earth is still just as primeval as the days when Hannibal built his watchtowers of it.
		Rammed earth is a sound, sustainable building technique that has proven its durability and viability in every climate.
	www.greenearthbuilders.com (451 words)

	Building with Rammed Earth
		Energy efficient climate control is achieved naturally in a Rammed Earth home as the walls have a high thermal mass, enabling them to store warmth in the winter and keep the interior cool in summer.
		Well designed rammed earth homes complement their environment and are correctly sited on the owners land to ensure the capturing of this natural energy.
		Rammed Earth designed buildings have been constructed in cold, wet climates, in humid tropics, mountains, on the coast, on flat or steeply sloping blocks.
	www.rammedearthenterprises.com.au /building.html (260 words)

	Green Home Building: Rammed Earth Questions and Answers
		Rammed earth can be done on a low-tech, low-cost basis, but this usually happens in third-world locations where large amounts of low cost labor are available.
		Rammed earth work should not be done if there is a chance that there could be a hard freeze while it is curing - say for the first week after it's done...
		However, the rammed earth forms must be sufficiently sturdy to withstand the ramming process, as the rammed earth mixture is compacted from a loose condition to a near-100% state of compaction.
	www.greenhomebuilding.com /QandA/rammedearthQandA.htm (13870 words)

	home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rammed Earth or Pise, as it is sometimes known as has been a common form of construction throughout the centuries.
		The earth is mixed with cement, water and additives, then compacted into formwork designed to provide a consistant off-form finish that creates a natural rustic finish, with arguably, the best thermal mass and accoustic insulative properties.
		Rammed earth walls are generally sealed for protection from weather externally and internally as a binder to reduce dusting and assist in cleaning.
	www.rammedearth.com.au /home.htm (378 words)

	ALN #47: Hardin: Rammed earth constructions
		Rammed earth wall systems are currently fairly expensive, as the necessary formwork constitutes a major investment and the labor is specialized....
		Contractors focusing on rammed earth construction form the entire building at once with steel-reinforced forms typically used for poured-in-place concrete, and tamp the earth/cement mixture in a brief, intensive period.
		The rammed earth formwork proved to be manageable by two people, although a third person was useful in tightening the clamps and checking for level and plumb.
	ag.arizona.edu /OALS/ALN/aln47/hardin.html (4090 words)

	Rammed Earth Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rammed earth walls are built by compacting a soil-cement mixture in a forming system.
		When the wall is rammed to the top of the forms, the forms are removed and reassembled on top of the wall so that the next section of wall can be rammed.
		Rammed earth construction can be combined with adobe construction in a single project.
	www.rammedearth.com /about/about.html (676 words)

	Rammed Earth Canada - Home
		We are an environmental rammed earth building company dedicated to improving the quality of life by developing sustainable rammed earth homes and communities across Canada.
		Rammed earth is a superior building technology; its many positive qualities have been proven over thousands of years.
		Rammed Earth is an earth based wall system made of compacted gravel, sand, and clay; that is extremely strong and durable.
	www.rammedearth.ca (242 words)

	Rammed Earth
		Rammed Earth - The ability of a solid earth wall to store energy for long periods of time results in interior temperatures that change very little from day to night.
		Rammed earth, as practiced today, involves tamping a mixture of earth, water, and a little cement into wooden forms to create thick, sturdy masonry walls.
		Depending on local building code requirements, rammed earth walls may be reinforced with metal rods or by adding a small amount of cement to the earth mix.
	www.green-trust.org /rammedearth.htm (779 words)

	rammed earth — Infoplease.com
		Moisture ingress in rammed earth: part 2--the effect of soil particle-size distribution on the absorption of static pressure-driven......
		Experimental studies on the thermal and moisture properties of rammed earth used in adobe buildings in China.
		Moisture ingress in rammed earth: part 1--the effect of soil particle-size distribution on the rate of capillary suction.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0841078.html (402 words)

	Adobe, Rammed Earth and Wood
		Using adobe and rammed earth as alternatives in residential wall construction are the main focus of this study.
		The fewest amounts of trees required were equal for adobe, and rammed earth, with a ratio of 7:1 for a wood framed house to an adobe or rammed earth house (this includes lumber for the roof framing only).
		Comparatively there is a choice of three trees per house for the adobe and rammed earth houses, and twenty for the wood framing.
	www.solar783.com /solar783/Adobe.htm (2750 words)

	Rammed Earth House Design
		Rammed earth is one such building method, and one that is highly energy efficient.
		The earth is then tamped into reusable forms to fill walls between concrete frames, foundations, and bond-beams, which tie the structure into an earthquake-resistant frame.
		Think of rammed earth as a sort of "instant rock." The earth rammer plies his trade in an environment filled with the dust of soil and cement, and the staccato thump, thump, thump of backfill tampers.
	www.care2.com /channels/solutions/home/73 (728 words)

	ZFA Rammed Earth Option
		David Easton, founder of Rammed Earth Works in Napa, is responsible for introducing this type of modernized earth construction to the San Francisco Bay Area.
		The first, rammed earth, places and compacts the Portland cement/clay soil mix in shallow layers between strong wall forms on the footings.
		Flooring of rammed earth structures is usually concrete, often with radiant heating.
	www.zfa.com /rammede.html (527 words)

	Profile Rammed Earth Homes
		He is an Executive Committee Member of the Earth Building Association of Australia and is also on the Joint Technical Committee working to prepare an Australian Standard covering all forms of earth building.
		Rammed earth construction has now achieved the well-recognised status of being a desirable, viable, contemporary, and environmentally sustainable method of construction.
		Rammed Earth Homes was formed to encompass all these technical achievements, experience, and Stephen’s outstanding reputation.
	www.rammedearthhomes.com.au /company.html (280 words)

	Do It Yourself Rammed Earth
		Our research shows rammed earth construction to be the most simple, environmentally responsible method for building the thermal shell of a home.
		Continue to explore what is already online about rammed earth with www.google.com or with some of the following links, including the web ring at the bottom of the page linking with similar web pages.
		Introduction to rammed earth is a web site from the UK and covers the basic facts about rammed earth.
	www.diyrammedearth.com (1160 words)

	Rammed Earth Works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		From award winning homes and wineries in California to community projects in developing countries, David Easton and Rammed Earth Works have proven how functional, appropriate, and attractive earth structures can be.
		Raw earth is commonly acknowledged as the world's most widely used building material.
		Today, earth building is in resurgence, but modern applications demand higher standards and greater care in construction than in the past.
	www.rammedearthworks.com (140 words)

	Mark Storey - Rammed Earth Constuction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pise' Terre, stabilized adobe, or more commonly known in the architectural community as "rammed earth" was used.
		Rammed earth construction has enjoyed a bit of a revival and new technological developments beginning in the late 1970's in northern California with Mr.
		(6 cu yards of earth compacted to half of it's normal volume with approximately 3% portland cement as a chemical stabilizer.
	www.tc.cc.tx.us /~mstorey/rammed_earth.html (280 words)

	Historic Rammed Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Earth building in Australia has expanded recently, and Dr Heathcote is looking at durability of earth walls.
		A UK based rammed earth consultancy, run by Rowland Keable, responsible for a number of high profile projects, including the Big Brother house and the Eden Project visitor centre.
		A Rammed Earth design and contracting outfit, based in Tuscon, Arizona, with a large number of projects behind them, many of which have won prestigious awards.
	www.dur.ac.uk /p.a.jaquin/Links.htm (1604 words)

	EARTH ARCHITECTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There are about 30,000 earth buildings, dating mostly from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, in the Fujian Province, southern and eastern China.
		The Association La Voute Nubienne is involved in a fascinating project with friends in France and Burkina Faso in the construction of vaulted earth roofed houses.
		The EARTH ARCHITECTURE website focuses on architecture constructed of mud brick (adobe), rammed earth (pise), compressed earth block or other methods of earthen construction and serves as a database for the discussion and dissemination of events, resources, and images of earth architecture in the context of contemporary architecture culture.
	www.eartharchitecture.org (1012 words)

	Micander Construction
		Micander Construction designs and builds houses using the most basic building material known to man - Earth.
		Earth is the best building material for the pocketbook and for the environment.
		Building with the Earth also gives the homeowner a great a sense of security and peace of mind.
	www.rammed-earth.com (175 words)

	Stabilised Rammed Earth - Earth Structures (Europe) Ltd
		With the increasing demand for the construction industry to improve the sustainability of building practices, all members of the architecture and construction communities should consider the suitability of Stabilised Rammed Earth for their projects.
		STABILISED RAMMED EARTH is a modern development of one of the oldest building materials known to man. Modern technology, modern machinery and 30 years of development have created a masonry wall material that is attractive, environmentally beneficial and meets European building regulations.
		Stabilised rammed earth can have the appearance of cut stone, the strength of concrete and the weather resistance of brick; yet environmentally outperform any of these.
	www.earthstructures.co.uk (264 words)

	Amazon.com: The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book): Books: David Easton,Cynthia Wright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I was encouraged enough by his book to want to build a rammed earth house somewhere in the coming years.
		In Venezuela, South America, there is some interest in reviving an old method of cobnstruction, called "tapial" in spanish (rammed earth).
		The book illustrates how a modern enginee, David Easton, in California, has taken over the problem of building with rammed earth in country where there is very little "tradition", hence know how, on building with rammed earth.
	www.amazon.com /Rammed-Earth-House-Independent-Living/dp/0930031792 (1165 words)

	Rammed Earth Enterprises - Specialist Builders & Designers of Stabilised Rammed Earth
		Rammed Earth Enterprises - Specialist Builders and Designers of Stabilised Rammed Earth
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	www.rammedearthenterprises.com.au (59 words)

	Rammed Earth - Links
		A growing collection of photos of of various rammed earth structures, mostly in Australia
		Buildings of Earth and Straw - a book describing the engineering criteria and philosophy of rammed earth and straw-bale building.
		The Earth Building Foundation is an comprehensive site with books as well as a fair bit of technical information
	www.hahaha.com.au /rammed.earth/links.htm (410 words)

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