I am super excited to introduce you to Anguss, my Field Superintendent. I found him because he was doing some work for us and here he is. This is Day 1 of planning our sustainable Rammed Earth home that we plan on building here at my off-grid property.
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Lynette Zang:
I am super excited to introduce you to Anguss who lives up in this bug-out location. And, you know, I found him because he was doing some work for us. Mm-Hmm <affirmative> and here he is. So what’s your title?
Anguss:
So I am now officially the Field Superintendent for miss Lynette’s bug-out property. I am super excited to have this opportunity to get to come up here and be in this beautiful area that we have and explore the amazing geology and terrain and just…
Lynette Zang:
Natural resources
Anguss:
Abundance of natural resources that we have on this location.
Lynette Zang:
Right. So there are many, many, many good things about Anguss, but one of the good things for all of our viewers is that he has a lot of experience doing things on a shoestring.
Anguss:
Correct?
Lynette Zang:
Right, correct. So I know a lot of viewers are, well, I can’t afford that. I can’t afford this, but on the property that we’re standing on right now, this is the future site and the near future site of Angus’s home for himself and his two beautiful children and his puppies. So do you wanna talk a little bit about what you found on the property and what materials you’re going to use? Yeah. And what you’re gonna do?
Anguss:
So the great thing about this property is that we have the ability to build with what we have here. And what we’ve decided to start doing is we’re going to venture into the world of Rammed earth. We’re going to utilize some clay banks that we’ve found from some of the, the past work that’s been done on this property, as well as the existing dirt essentially sand gravel mixture that we’re gonna source from on this property to create a beautiful house right here, where we stand.
Lynette Zang:
And you’re gonna build what a two bedroom, a three bedroom, two bath house,
Anguss:
Correct. It’ll be a three bedroom, two bath right around 1900 square feet. That’ll basically be, it will be self-sustaining, it’ll be low carbon footprint. We’re gonna be a passive house and I’m super excited here.
Lynette Zang:
I’m very excited for this too. So he does have some experience with Rammed earth. I think this is the biggest project that you’ve done with Rammed earth so far. Right?
Anguss:
Correct. I’ve done a lot of testing, a lot of research. I’ve done smaller projects, benches barbecue pits things of that nature. This is my first full stale house. So I’m super excited to be able to sink my teeth into this project.
Lynette Zang:
You know, big reason why I wanted to do this is you know, cause I think this is probably one of the most affordable pieces housing that we can do. Right?
Anguss:
Correct. You know.
Lynette Zang:
So you’re gonna see it all, including the costs and you know, it’ll make you look at what you have. I know a lot of people have gone out and they’ve just bought raw land. Right. Mm-hmm <affirmative> but you still have to have a shelter on there. So this is the start we’re gonna do it. A number of different sustainable structures that you don’t have to have a whole lot of money to build. You just need time, energy and the materials. And you may very well have most of the materials that you need
Anguss:
With that land.
Lynette Zang:
Exactly.
Anguss:
Yes ma’am we’re I think we’re gonna be exploring a lot of that alternative architecture that the world doesn’t have to exist with two by fours.
Lynette Zang:
Yes.
Anguss:
You know that you can do it on a very small scale and again, this is ancient technology. This is nothing new. That people have been doing it for thousands of years. Anybody can do it
Lynette Zang:
and those structures are still standing correct in Egypt and South America in many parts of the world that actually did this,
Anguss:
Correct all over the world. The Great Wall of China is actually approximately 60% non stabilized Rammed earth. And it still stands today dating 2000 years old.
Lynette Zang:
Wow. So this is Anguss. You’re gonna be seeing a lot more. We gave him a GoPro and as he’s out exploring these 41 acres, we’re gonna be talking about it. He’s gonna be talking about it.
Anguss:
I’m excited to be here from foraging to range management, to different geology factors that we’re gonna go into. We’re gonna try and cover it all and how you can do it from an individual to an entire corporation.
Lynette Zang:
So that’s it for this little segment. I hope you’re gonna get, I know you’re gonna get a lot out of it and until next we meet, please be safe out there. Bye-bye.
