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RE: The Secret to Earthships' Success: Why Tires are the Ultimate Building Material

in ecoTrain6 months ago

Earth is a wonderful substance to build with.
Except, it falls down without support, and bugs and vegetation gets into it.
The automobile tire is wonderful at keeping the dirt in and bugs out.

It is an interesting symbiotic system.

Do you like to use screws in between tires? Screwing one tire to the one beneath it?

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 6 months ago  

hey! yep, u got it!
generally u dont need to put anything to hold the tyres in place.. gravity does all the work, but we do use rebar pins that go through around three layers.. esp on the top courses.. just like long nails going down... not sure u even really need them.. also as you pound them in place. they bulge nicely so they fit very snug..