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 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
- Keyhole garden

Steps

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

Summary: June-July will be shakedown of stabilized brick

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

April 15-30 - Dimensional Sawmill Prototype design
- Assuming 1 CEB presss production
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)