Hi Nori,
The foundation I think you're referring to was the rock-filled gabion
foundation done for the Garverville strawbale vault, designed by
As they've removed the photos from the current
site, you'll need to go the www.WayBackMachine.org (a very cool site
if you've never been here before) for the photos:
http://web.archive.org/web/20061015180917/www.dsaarch.com/garberville+vault.htm
This is a very cool foundation idea if you don't want to (or can't)
create a rubble-trench foundation. For my area, I'd need to probably
put some form of waterproof insulation (Formular?) inside each gabion
oriented towards the outside, etc. I think rubble-trench foundations
are the way to go (which costs less, a yard of concrete or a yard of
rip-rap rock?), but they aren't as easy to insulate as a formed-flat
foundation wall... Maybe someone has some ideas or thoughts on this?
Warmest regards,
Eric Randall
Fairfield, Iowa
At 10:04 AM 2/12/2008, you wrote:
>Somewhere I saw a rubble foundation done in hurricane fencing boxes . . . If
>memory serves it was for a strawbale house. The boxes were built and filled
>in place and were stacked two high. They were about half again as long as
>they were wide. Dang if I can remember. It might be in my list of links .
>. . I've seen the same sort of hurricane fence boxes holding larger crushed
>rock used as retaining wall for an interstate . . . I just can't remember
>which mountain pass. Maybe Wad will remember.
>
>I mention it because of the pluses and despite the minuses. This type
>foundation wouldn't wick water and would be great for a poured wall . . . ?
>Not nearly as economical as the tire foundation Bob advocates . . .
>
>ElfN
>
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