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I had never heard of frost heaving so I just did some reading about it. I can't say for sure since I've never dealt with it, but a tire wall structure has so flexibility in it unlike a cement form wall or concrete block. Those tires can shift and not compromise the structural integrity. You...

Right. Well that's a problem. An Earthship relies on the Sun AND Earth. Any home is going to need an energy source to heat it. Earthship capitalize on the big free one in the sky. An Earthship or Earthship style structure will still be your most efficient option, but you are going to need...

I don't know if there are any official Earthship Biotecture Earthships in that extreme of a climate. I do know for a fact that there are not any of the newest evolved and most efficient model called the Global in that climate. From my experience there is no reason why the Global model...

The company is Earthship Biotecture and their Website is earthship.com. You can hire them to build all or part of your Earthship, or you can buy the books and build your own!

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you will be following. My intent is to help empower people and break down some barriers to entry to get started building their own off the grid home so the more the merrier! I will try to keep posted to this forum as well. If anyone has any questions as I go along...

Hi Everyone, I just bought a piece of land in Taos, NM and am beginning construction on my off the grid home in April. I'm building the most recent version of a building called an Earthship. It will have rain water catchment, passive solar/geothermal heating and cooling, solar and possibly...