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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

Poured concrete walls, with solo builder doing the
form work and reddy mix dumping the concrete in??

In this area there are quite a few earth shelters.  In
front look like a normal ranch but back and both ends
are more like basement walls.  If you dig into the
side of the hill with a tractor, then form the inside
of the three walls, using undisturbed earth as the
outside of the "basement" walls.  Then the front wall
and roof would be standard frame construction.

Van Dell




--- Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> What is the considered opinion of the group on the
> easiest solo building 
> method?
> 
> Many construction methods appear to be labor
> intensive, cob, strawbale, 
> rammed earth, stick frame, etc.  Looking at building
> from the viewpoint of 
> a single person with all normal building skills,
> tools, and machinery what 
> would be a viable method and what tools would be
> needed?
> 
> 
> 
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