Jigsaw Air Tunnel all Mortared Together!
During a long session, starting this morning at 10am, we assembled and mortared all the pieces of the air tunnel together and finished about 2:30pm with the lids going on!…
Air Tunnel ‘Jigsaw’ Pieces Cut!
Today, it was the day of slicing many concrete blocks to create the air tunnel from the Earth Tubes Mixing Chamber to the house! The jigsaw puzzle was very complex…
Air Tunnel Construction Started!
After we have finished the sewage pipes (the filling in of their trenches), we started with the adjustment to the Earth Tube Mixing Chamber and the Air Supply Tunnel construction.…
Air Tunnel Foundation Poured
This morning, we mixed up 3 bags of cement and 18 buckets of ballast and poured the lot into the open area we had all stuttered and ready. This slab…
Adjusting Earth Tubes Chamber
Today, while we waited for the building control inspector to visit us, we got on with making adjustments to the Earth Tube Mixing Chamber. We had originally constructed it several…
Earth Tube Collection chamber
Where the earth tubes get close to the house we have built a block work chamber to concentrate the air flow down too a smaller tunnel to pass under the…
Earth Tubes Day 18 & Heat Pump Pipes Day 1
Day 18 – Saturday 28th August Continued to cover the earth tubes with more sand by moving the excess from the right of the L. But while compacting the fill…
Earth Tubes Days 16 & 17
Day 16 – Thursday 26th August Rained all day! But we did buy a submersible pump for the rainwater tank. Day 17 – Friday 27th August The rain yesterday caused…
Earth Tubes Day 15
Day 15 – Wednesday 25th August Another day in the pit. We thought we would be able to finish installing the tubes today. But soon after we started digging out…
Shaun buried by wall collapse
Shaun was digging near the wall of the pit and a large section collpased on him. He was buried up his waist! But that was on 300mm deep as he…