Friday June 24, on the Completion of the Gulf Island Earthship Build:
It’s here…this is it… THE LAST DAY on this 5 week Double Earthship build!!! Last minute details like hanging doors, and leveling out the Main House West Entrance for the final cement pour.
The Bottle ends are getting ‘Buffed’ with a wire Drummel to get out the stubborn bits of ‘Cling-on’ wall mortar (left), and the ropes have been attached to the indoor Window Vents between the Greenhouse Hallway, and the Living Space (right).
The Main Earthship Greenhouse Hallway window array is complete with hanging ropes for all the operable indoor and roof top vents.
Since today is the last official Workday on the build… it’s time for a major Clean Up. That means the Earthship Biotecture Crew has to sort out their personal tools from the massive pile of organized chaos that’s left… and make everything look GOOD for the Locals who are coming this afternoon for a looky-loo and celebrate a grand finish with us.
There’s a bit of a rush to just get everything on the trucks and rolled on out in prep for the big departure for most of the crew tomorrow morning.
I’m looking on, and the first thing that comes to mind is ‘Roll ‘em …
Roll ‘em Roll ‘em…
…Rawhide!‘… and yes, I’ve just ‘dated’ myself.
Here’s our celebratory final photo of a job well done!
The build has come to a close, and the Locals have come out in droves to check out both completed Earthships, and Celebrate our success.
This is a great opportunity for Earthship Biotecture to demonstrate a completed, aesthetically pleasing, fully functioning ‘Tire House’ that had the local community scratching their heads when they initially heard about a build involving tires, bottles, cans, and recycled materials… after all… who would want to live in a house made from other people’s ‘Garbage’ ! This is also an opportunity for us Volunteer Interns to answer questions to the best of our ability, especially from the hands on perspective of working on the build from beginning to end.
Let’s not forget … not only is it the last ‘Freaky Flamboyant Friday’ of the build (left), but it’s also ‘Beer:30′! (right).
Now… you’re probably wondering where all the fabulous photos of the finished two Earthships are.?
There were way too many photos for this post, so I’ve conveniently split them up into the following Posts:
Photos of the Finished Main House Earthship
Time Lapse of the Main House Earthship
Photos of the Finished smaller Studio Earthship
Time Lapse of the smaller Studio Earthship
Images Credits: Monica Holy
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