Posts Tagged ‘house’

Stohl Lake Farmhouse – Building the rammed earth walls

Posted by admin on December 15th, 2008 under Stohl Lake Farmhouse Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  Comments Off

This was a great project for myself and the crew to work on; Stohl Lake farm is beautiful, the people are friendly and we had good weather to top it off. This is a great example of the layers in the rammed earth walls, the light is perfect, it’s early morning with the sun filtering [...]

Ravine House Footing and Wall construction

Posted by admin on December 12th, 2008 under Ravine House Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  Comments Off

Batter boards are being leveled and placed for the footings. Wide footings can support the heavy walls but also act to give seismic stability and make a bond beam unnecessary. Steel is in place and the footings are ready for concrete. Forming the first column. Ramming the column. Fidel admires the first column on the [...]