Just a short update. More to come when the actual work commences.
The plumber is onsite today completing the plumbing....finally. The site will be power washed today or tomorrow enabling the…

Hi SJCAbode
Hi, just started writing my blog so happy for you to view it. We built a rammed earth wall.
It is awesome to…

Thanks for your support gogo65 - exactly our thoughts hence we chose not to respond to him/her.

hillsbuilds thanks so much. How amazing is that house!! Those results are pretty accurate and that Is what rammed earth does

hillsbuilds - beautiful house. Any budget in mind to build this? Also are you considering solar

hillsbuilds
Amazing. I am following you now too. Let us know if you want any information. Have you got a builder to build your…

Hi hillsbuilds,
We have included the wall for the thermal properties and also as a feature element. The east and north sun will warm…

It is pretty quiet in our build at the moment with it being holidays hence I have not posted in a while.
Final photos of the whole rammed earth feature wall…

Hi dbn the hydronic heating will be going in a topping slab. The topping slab will only be poured after the framing and…

StructuralBIMGuy
Am with you on the off form concrete. This is to enjoy but I have spent 4 years doing my research in rammed…

Thanks amilelka and gogo65. kks I love your honest…

Today, was the unveiling of the formwork. I just had to be there to see it. Was I glad I did. The boys have done fantastic. Here is the wall!


Now…

Thanks that staircase is gorgeous! StructuralBIMGuy

It’s Tuesday and the rammed earth boys were in early today. They have started forming the wall. The steel posts are in for support. The mixture is looking really good…

StructuralBIMGuy
Sounds nice. I was thinking of having the treads with engineered floor boards that match the Rammed Earth wall that flows in from…

Hi StructuralBIMGuy
We are definitely having the rammed earth wall against the staircase and will also act as a balustrade upstairs on one side.
In…

Wow! What a few days it had been. There was nothing but storms the whole of Friday so our rammed earth guy didn’t come in from Mudgee.
Saturday was another…

Week three (Saturday):
We went by the site and found the lads correcting the excavation.
Week four (Monday & Tuesday):
The plumber is onsite. Sam, my husband and Vips, were there too. All…

This is true gogo65. Did you build an owner build 7 years ago?

Hi gogo65,
Been there done that. Our initial plans were drawn up and we canned the whole design. This meant the architect had to…

That is beautiful!

The last 4 weeks have been pretty intense. We had a baby (about 4 weeks old) so it’s been tough for me to be onsite. The work was commencing and…

Hi,
We are building in NSW.

We had met over 12 builders and spoken to 50-60 when luck struck. In mid 2017, after 18 months, we found Vips from Rehaan Builders to see through the project.…

Our selected architect's brief was to bring the outside in, designing a sustainable home and incorporating our "wish list" in the house (what I call complexities). We ended up with:
• Grey…

Thanks Amilelka, the internal courtyard is a floating courtyard. I will be documenting in detail the process we take for various stages and…

Thanks kasra_nedlands it's definitely been a big advantage. Getting to the point where we are now starting would be impossible had he not…

Hi Everyone,
In 2015, my husband and I took the bold decision of building a new home. After looking at a number of project and custom home builders we realized that…

This is truely amazing. What is the grey rendering used for the downstairs? I am taking time reading your blog whilst working on my project so have not got to…

Any company names you could suggest?