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*CEB walls
* [[CEB]] walls
*Straw bale infill between 2 wall cavities
* Straw bale infill between 2 wall cavities
*House-integrated CEB stove
* House-integrated CEB stove
*Thermaclear or Solexx glazing
* Thermaclear or Solexx glazing
*Structure similar to [[Image:Nicesolar.jpg|100px]] but solar cover extends from green roof
* Structure similar to [[Image:Nicesolar.jpg|100px]] but solar cover extends from green roof
*Greenspace
* Greenspace
*Green roof
* [[Green roof]]
*Trellis for solar shade in summer
* Trellis for solar shade in summer
**Trellis is covered partly with roofing material with solar angle to allow for solar gain only in winter
** Trellis is covered partly with roofing material with solar angle to allow for solar gain only in winter
**Rest of trellis will be growing grapes
** Rest of trellis will be growing grapes
*Composting toilet
* [[Composting Toilet]]
*CEB floor
* CEB floor
*Side space covered for rooftop rainwater catchment and CEB water cistern
* Side space covered for rooftop rainwater catchment and CEB water cistern
*Planter in front and sides - zone 0 plantings in planter
* Planter in front and sides - zone 0 plantings in planter
**Keyhole garden
** [[Keyhole garden]]


=Steps=
=Steps=
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=Timeline=
=Timeline=


*April 15-30 - Dimensional Sawmill Prototype design
*August 1-30 - Complete and deploy [[LifeTrac II]]
**Assuming 1 CEB presss production
*August 1-30 - Build [[The Liberator]], [[Power Cube II]], [[Soil Pulverizer II]]
*May 1-31 - Build LifeTrac II, PowerCube II, build Sawmill, build leveling blade, build LifeTrac wheel tracks if budget allows
*June - July - Cut lumber, test stabilized and lime bricks, do the well pump and prepare water lines, site preparation, build trusses, prepare brick rollers
**Test whether water-sraying between courses works (so called 'dry stacking'), or, prepare slurry mixing equipment (either 55 gal drum or 200 gal container)


[[Category:CEB Construction]][[Category:Solar Village]]
[[Category: CEB Construction]]
[[Category:Factor e Farm]]

Latest revision as of 04:48, 1 December 2012

Steps For Building a Solar Structure

Review of concept to date:

  • CEB walls
  • Straw bale infill between 2 wall cavities
  • House-integrated CEB stove
  • Thermaclear or Solexx glazing
  • Structure similar to Nicesolar.jpg but solar cover extends from green roof
  • Greenspace
  • Green roof
  • Trellis for solar shade in summer
    • Trellis is covered partly with roofing material with solar angle to allow for solar gain only in winter
    • Rest of trellis will be growing grapes
  • Composting Toilet
  • CEB floor
  • Side space covered for rooftop rainwater catchment and CEB water cistern
  • Planter in front and sides - zone 0 plantings in planter

Steps

  1. Site prep - flatten site with front loader and blade
    1. Build blade
    2. Build LifeTrac II
    3. Build sawmill
  2. Building material prep
    1. Rollers
    2. Sawmilling in July
    3. Truss preparation
    4. Test stabilized bricks
    5. Test reject lime-cement bricks
    6. Air-powered water pump

Summary: May will be heavy equipment building time, and June-July will be shakedown of all the building equipment, techniques, water system and site prep, and production of materials (lumber, brick, mortar). August 1 - house is going up.

Uniqueness summary: LifeTrac II, Sawmill, Air powered water pump, CEB stove, CEB floor, OS blade, PowerCube II, CEB-Straw Bale hybrid

Timeline