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Valley Song House Walls

October 27, 2010 by admin

 

The Valley Song House uses a very beautiful dark brown for the walls with the intent to have a nice contrast to the white plaster that will be used on the interior roof. The house is nestled into the north bank on a south facing slope. The North walls will be buried 6-7′ deep. Yes, you can bury stabilized rammed earth because it is just that strong and durable!

 

 

ramming wall

Ramming is underway on the second wall.

 

 

curved-wall-form

The inside section of the curved wall form is done.

 

 

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We are now making the curved rammed earth wall on the north east of the house.

 

 

curved-rammed-earth-wall

A stairway will curve up this rammed earth wall to the second story. A utility room will be underneath the stairs.

 

 

curved-wall

Top view of the curved wall.

 

 

window

Window in the downstairs washroom.

 

 

rammed earth wall impressions By Schooley & Associates

A signature wall with musical impressions for a special touch.

 

 

rammed earth pillars

Lovely rammed earth pillars and the office walls in the background.

 

 

rammed-earth pillars

The stunning effect of the pillars in the the hallway.

 

 

rammed earth electrical wall sconce

An electrical outlet for a wall sconce in the washroom.

 

 

rammed-earth-walls

A top view of the walls.

 

The pictures don’t do these rammed earth walls justice, they are quite magnificent and even better in real life.

 

Building Footings for Valley Song House

October 27, 2010 by admin

 

It was a very busy year and it started with the design of this house and the commencement of construction in the spring.

 

rebar lifting

Hauling rebar with the excavator is so much nicer that moving it by hand.

 

 

footing-fabric

We used a fabric membrane with our footing to prevent water from wicking up into the footing in the future. It also has the benefit of keeping our forming wood clean so it can be reused and have less waste.

 

 

membrane-closeup

A closeup of the membrane.

 

 

footing

The rebar is in the footing and it’s all ready for the concrete pour.

 

 

pouring-concrete

Pouring concrete using the boom pump.

 

 

concrete-screed

Rudy is using a screed to level the concrete.

 

 

finished-concrete

Our day of pouring concrete is finished.

 

 

footing

The forms are cleaned and everything is tidy.

 

 

footings

The footings are done and ready for layout of the walls.

 

 

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