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Eco-Center Const. 3 - entrance roof, air tubes

Earth Song's model eco-center building is an earth-bermed,
underground structure, with dry-stack, surface bonded block,
heated and cooled with a passive annual heat storage system.

Click on a picture to enlarge -
placing steel beam
placing steel beam
welded plates
welded plates
second beam
second beam
oak beam prep
oak beam prep
lifting beams
lifting beams
entrance beam
entrance beam
framing entrance
framing entrance
joining beams
joining beams
chicken inspectors
chicken inspectors
roof planking
roof planking
entrance roof
entrance roof
greenhouse plastic
greenhouse plastic
plastic detail
plastic detail
building enclosed
building enclosed
roof insulation
roof insulation
three layers
three layers
rubber roof
rubber roof
plastic on back wall
plastic on wall
east end
east end
covering roof
covering roof
filling wheelbarrow
filling wheelbarrow
load after load
load after load
smoothing out
smoothing out
inside view
inside view
center section
center section
entrance door
entrance door
begin trenching for air pipes
trenching for pipes
2 foot spacing
2 foot spacing
next layer pipes
next layer pipes
backfill over pipes
backfill over pipes
every 2 feet high
every 2 feet high
round the corner
round the corner
more backfill
more backfill
helper learning backhoe
learning backhoe
build window well
window well
gravel over insulation
gravel on insulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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