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karenintx
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How about a "beer can house"...
http://www.beercanhouse.org/gallery.php
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DianaT
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Thanks Karen,
Looks like a really great piece of art everywhere!
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willyAirstream
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Thanks for posting this info, Diane. The bench furniture is a great idea too, plus a place to work out the bugs.
btw, straw for houses, hay for animals 
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by larryC
I saw Doc Abraham at camp Gecko in BoLA build a sand bag building. He just filled sand bags with a mixture of sand and cement and started laying them
out for his walls. Once he was finished with the walls he plastered the exposed bags with something like stucco. That was close to 10 years ago and as
far as I know the walls are fine. Maybe someone that lives at camp Gecko and sees them more often than I do can comment better on how they are holding
up.
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Very excellent way to create a home or storage or.....?
[Edited on 9-27-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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DianaT
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Update
OK,
To build these cabanas totally out of the bottles would take so many bottles, they have decided to stick to the simple wood stucture with drywall
inside and the plastic bottles in between --won't use as many of those awful bottles, but we love seeing these bottles being put to use.
We just love these cabanas ---can't wait until they are done.
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Mulegena
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The Bottle Cabanas and Kindness of Asuncion
Was on my way over to see the continuing progress of Las Cabanas Botellas this afternoon, enjoying the sunshine, the clear sky, the ocean... I took a
short-cut on one of the many, many sand tracks that criss-cross The Point at Asuncion, and...
OOPPPSZZ!!
Got myself stuck right out in front of Diana's house.
A nice, quick visit and we were out the door and figuring logistics of getting my little pickup free when from over the top of a rise in the sanddune
came an old white landrover-type vehicle. The driver stopped, regarded the scene, drove on, then turned around and came back. A nice young man jumped
out carrying a chain! He smiled, introduced himself as Julio, asked if he could help, then proceeded to pull me out! Just like that, lickety-split, I
was being propelled along backwards down a sand-track onto solid sand. When I looked in my rear-view mirror, Julio was driving away.
I'll look for him in town and give him a proper thank you in the next few days.
To you, Diana and husband I give another thank you and welcome home.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
Was on my way over to see the continuing progress of Las Cabanas Botellas this afternoon, enjoying the sunshine, the clear sky, the ocean... I took a
short-cut on one of the many, many sand tracks that criss-cross The Point at Asuncion, and...
OOPPPSZZ!!
Got myself stuck right out in front of Diana's house.
A nice, quick visit and we were out the door and figuring logistics of getting my little pickup free when from over the top of a rise in the sanddune
came an old white landrover-type vehicle. The driver stopped, regarded the scene, drove on, then turned around and came back. A nice young man jumped
out carrying a chain! He smiled, introduced himself as Julio, asked if he could help, then proceeded to pull me out! Just like that, lickety-split, I
was being propelled along backwards down a sand-track onto solid sand. When I looked in my rear-view mirror, Julio was driving away.
I'll look for him in town and give him a proper thank you in the next few days.
To you, Diana and husband I give another thank you and welcome home. |
John was digging out the tow strap when Julio appeared with his chain. Can't tell you how many people we have pulled out of that "shortcut".
Someday it is supposed to be a road, but we are in no hurry for a real road. It is real soft up there.
There are never a shortage of people around here ready to help---we always say, the best thing about Bahia Asuncion is the people-
[Edited on 10-5-2010 by DianaT]
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durrelllrobert
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Another Interesting Alternative
Years ago I designed a home for a fellow that owned property that had a huge cunder cone (red volcanic ash) just off highway 395 south of Lone Pine.
All of the16 inch thick walls were built from this cinder, wet compacted between 16 inch wide forms that were raised as he went.
The re-enforcement consisted of 1-1/2 inch galvenized pipe driven 12 inches into the hard volcanic ash every 6 feet with barbed wire strung in between
them at 6-8 inche intervals.
Had a hard time getting building permit from Inyo County to build it but has lived in it since 1969. Oh, for the wiring he just carved out grooves in
cinder and plastered over wires and the exterior was stuccoed directly over the cinder.
Bob Durrell
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bajafam
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I'm thinking that "shortcut" is right by our new prop? We need to get the perimeter fenced soon, so we can avoid future problems!! Love the pics
Diana...thanks for keeping us updating. Wish we were there building right alongside him  Soon!!!
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DianaT
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Work is Happening Fast Right Now
Hope you enjoy the changes---we love them. This project is changing as it goes. Chuy will need to leave BA for a bit, but hopes to have two of these
completed by the end of the year!
He has so many ideas---he might, but it is a maybe depending on the time, make the ceilings out of egg flats! He also has an old small satellite
dish out of which he is going to make a solar stove--and his wife told me he is one great chef.
His plans for all of his land there are interesting and will take time. And he is basically building all of this by himself!
The Progress
Arn't the Whales Great? They sparkle in the sun, and he may add Christmas Lights inside during the holiday. They are made with the smaller bottles.
Our friend, with some of his building material.
Oh, the town of Abreojos is now involved. They heard about this project and their recycle project there is now saving the bottles for Chuy.
These Casitas will be a great place to vacation---great location, and he plans on VERY reasonable prices. It is really fun to watch his dream come to
life.
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