Re: SB: Mobile Home Retro-fit

[Garazgos <garazgos@yahoo.ca>]

--- ML Jones <lonewolf@7cities.net> wrote:
 
> Foundation:  My mobile homes have sat for over a decade sitting on
> cinder blocks.  We live on a limestone hill.  I can't foresee any
> problems using rammed earth tires to hold the bales above ground. 
> Can you?
> 
> Roof: The whole complex will get a new roof, built, of course, before
> we put up the walls. I really thought the idea of having the roof
> extend two feet over the walls was a great idea and is the type of
> stuff I am looking for here.

ML (Mary-Lou ? Manana Larry ?) ;

The only change that I might make to the proposed foundation is to fill
the top course of tires with crushed stone or mixed-size stones to
ensure drainage and a capillary break. Actually, I don't see why the
tires couldn't be filled with stone rubble instead of more
labour-intensive pounded earth.  Of course, if you're casting a
concrete bond beam on top of the tires, then the above would not apply.

I don't know how the Earthshippers do it but I think that I'd think
about zipping some coarse-threaded sheet metal screws (or somesuch)
through the sidewalls of course being laid into the tires below, prior
to filling to help prevent unwanted shifting.

It wouldn't hurt to put a moisture barrier on the earth in the crawl
space too. The moisture barrier can be sheet plastic covered with some
sort of ballast (salvaged carpet ?)  or it could be discarded asphalt
shingles, provided they are lapped sufficiently.


Two feetsworth of roof overhang is the minimum . More would be better.
Hopefully you're going to include a good level of insulation in the
roof and use a light coloured roof cladding to reflect unwanted
potential heat gain to reduce the cooling load in summer.




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