Since hyperadobe is so new, there's not a lot of information out there. We've been furiously experimenting the last 4 years with it, building a solar shed office, a large outdoor chicken garden, a small composting toilet outhouse, and have taken everything we've learned from those projects to design a huge 2,500 square foot roundhouse for our family - all while documenting every step here on our YouTube channel.

So today, we're going to do our best to condense all that knowledge - the pros and cons, wins and losses, and all the tips and tricks we've learned along the way into a single video so that you'll be fully armed to go build your own hyperadobe dream home. Plus at the end of this article we'll share some ways we can help with your specific project if you need it. Let's get started.

Sections

1. History

2. Benefits

3. Earthbag Basics

4. Tools

5. Bag Types

6. Bag Sizing

7. Calculating Bag Amount

8. How To Lay, Fill & Tamp Hyperadobe

9. Advanced Techniques

10. Windows & Doors

11. Roofing & Plastering

12. Buy Hyperadobe Earthbags

13. Questions?

History

We're not going to get too deep here, but it's important to know when, where, and why these building techniques came to be. Stacking bags of dirt has been around over 100 years. The military used them for flood control and bunkers because they were cheap, built quickly on site, and could even stop a bullet.