I’m a 68 year old retired general contractor/building inspector/plans examiner/Chief Building Official & Director of Building and Safety, who wished I could have worked another decade or two, so that I could have worked on getting cities and counties to become more accepting of alternative construction methods and materials. I would love to build just one more house for myself, but I don’t know if I have the stamina or strength to do it. I would have loved trying this building method if only I were five or ten years younger. Edit: I can’t believe how many replies I’ve gotten from this comment. I should have added health to the list of things that are preventing me from building another house, because I’ve fractured my back twice, been in a bad rear end auto accident after the fractures, followed by two surgeries that weren’t successful at relieving my pain, and recently had a minor incident that the doctor thinks was a stroke. So, although I really appreciate all of the offers to help me build something, I have to decline. I would gladly share my experience and expertise with anyone that asks for it.

This is the classic video for anyone wishing to use this building method. Great information in an easily understandable format. I hope it gets millions of views for you!

In a couple of thousand years , someone will uncover your home, and tell stories about how you were hunter gatherers, and that this building was for religious purposes.

Feels like I'm watching a professional documentary series. You two are incredible.

My grandfather was born in 1901 and built an adobe home for his family, by hand, brick by brick. The plaster over the walls eventually started to fall apart around the 2000's. But today, the house is still standing. The walls are still in tact. Great video.

Finally, the real minecraft dirt house experience!

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I'm just a city boy, but I'm glad to know that there are still very smart people out there focused on this type of construction. Because I see a lot of unsustainable stuff happening around me usually.

I am a retired teacher in northern Canada. The information you have shared is amazing and very clear. I wish you well.

My Ancestors were building somewhat the same thing years ago when they crossed the prairie in schooners. They settled in the West in Custer County Nebraska in the1800s and had only sod to stack for homes. I have a picture that was taken by Solomon Butcher who traveled to all the homesteads In Custer County and had them stand out in front of their Soddy and he would take their picture. Not quite as modern but they did the trick for a while. I remember my grandma talking about living in one as a child. The Indians would look in the windows and her mother would give them bread. Some were built better than others.

I spent the weekend making a extension on my driveway with compacted chat and did all the tamping by hand. It gave me soooooo much more respect for everything you're doing and how hard you all work!

Content like this makes YouTube feel like a blessing. Great Video

When I saw the bottles I thought of putting a note in one or two, so that future generation will know how, when and why these buildings were built

You two are not just doing something innovative and brilliantly logical, but beautful, and earth-kind. The fact you share it makes you trailblazers!

The switch to wood instead of sod was historically because of water getting in, mice, mould, bugs. It's good to see that, in dry open climate, technology has advanced to the point that it's less of a concern.

200 years into the future the history Channel will have a show called dirt circles built by aliens

Awesome Sauce! Thank you! I just ordered the 12" bags for my outdoor shower build! I can't wait! I will rewatch the shower build for my design, and yes Ashley it is going to be circular in design, not the square I was thinking before we spoke about it at the Building conference in Rodeo, NM.

I'm sure someday that land will bloom and be green. I would love the quiet and the sunsets, listening to the Cayotes howling at night with the full moon above.

I enjoy seeing your hyperadobe guide here but I'm fascinated and in awe of how the land itself has been developed.

I've seen a variant of this where they use a hopper mounted on a tractor arm. The mix falls from the hopper into the bag like the double bucket and the tractor lays the bag down like a 3D printer. It goes really fast.