Retired Smoke Jumper Builds Rammed Earth House
Natural Building
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Since the city wasn’t familiar with rammed earth, because this is the first one, it took me a while to get all the permits and get the engineering done,” Jinkins said. His mix is made up of 70% sand, 22% small gravel chip rock and 8% Portland cement. It’s also the fourth home he’s built in the past 22 years.
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