The Freeville Earthship: Special Delivery

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Special Delivery

Today the truck from New Mexico arrived... it was a huge semi more than half full of building materials and components to go into the earthship! Thank you to Paul, John, Gary, Adam, Bryan, Colin, and Shane for coming out in the rain for a few hours to help us unload everything! It would have taken us hours and hours and hours without you guys!

Colin and Shane loading things from the road onto a tractor

John and Paul helping Chad unload from the tractor into the barn

Colin, Shane, Adam, and Chad, assessing their job

I found our beautiful doorway!

Muscle men Bryan, Shane, and Colin

Emptied in under 3 hours!

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FAQs:

How many tires, cans, and bottles did you use?

We have estimated about 800 tires; 15,000 cans; and 3,000 glass bottles.
Did you have any issues with the town or your community?

Luckily, no! Our town was wonderful with this process. We really didn't face any roadblocks with our build, besides the state law of having this giant conventional septic system. Since most of the water is used and contained in the house the 330-gallon-a-day tank we had to install is overkill. Our neighbors and community members appear to like us and our earthship!

Why did you do this?

Because it's a neat concept, very rewarding, and just makes a lot of sense. It is self-sustaining and we want to feel safe and independent. We are young, don't have a family yet, have summers off both being teachers, and just decided to go for it!