How to make a Rammed Earth Wall

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In this new series titled Sustainable Home, we will take you through a series of videos on how to build a sustainable home. At Aanandaa, we are building an innovative and creative home, which is as sustainable as possible. We have explored several construction technologies and designs to ensure we have the most natural, resilient and energy efficient home.
Sustainable architecture at Aanandaa is directed by Ar. Jitesh Malik from Studio Aureole. The integral design practice at their studio combines a commitment to environmental sensitivity with a contemporary design language and a pedagogical process. At Aananda, Jitesh creatively contextualised a diverse range of sustainable practices to collaboratively work towards an aesthetically enriching experience.
Studio Aureole team: Prabhjot, Richa, Mandav, Harshita and Tanvi
Collaborators/Experts: Lallan, Ashumi, Malvika (Mlime), Narayanji (Rohtak domes)
To know more about Studio Aureole see www.studioaureole.com or email art.jitesh@gmail.com
In this episode, we take you through Rammed Earth Construction. Our entire home is made of Rammed Earth, and in this episode, Manisha and JItesh will explain the step by step process of making a rammed earth wall.
Subscribe to our channel to stay tuned into more videos around sustainable home.

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@aniketpatel2589 15 сағат бұрын

Nice to see jitesh malik, he took one class for us on insulation art.

@alapparikh2952 2 жыл бұрын

I am an Architecture student and would like to thank you so very much for explaining the practical aspects of the rammed earth walls thoroughly.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@archbharat 11 ай бұрын

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@jamesmatheson5115 10 ай бұрын

Rammed Earth houses were popular here in Australia 20 years ago, not sure about now, as costs were high.

@00007chirag 2 ай бұрын

Where are you from sir?

@biswanathpradhan7549 3 ай бұрын

In Odisha, mud houses were in huge numbers. Sadly, those are rare now. Mortar is made of mud & sand, first by mixing with a spade and then adding water and using feet to make a good mixture. This mortar is laid on a foundation of stones layer by layer till reaching the desired height. I have seen mud houses of more than 50 years without much maintenance.

@farmaanandaa 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@fbsfarm9910 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this valuable information. My grandparents from both sides lived in houses made from earth here in Cyprus 100 years ago and the walls are still standing!

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

So assuring to hear that!

@fbsfarm9910 Жыл бұрын

@@farmaanandaa I will try and take some photos to show you.

@wreay2240 2 жыл бұрын

This is a video of my thoughts the last couple days about rammed earth. Thank you

@raagamadhu 2 жыл бұрын

Hello mam, Very inspiring to see the amount of changes you have adapted to lead a sustainable life. Only few can do this. As I am not as capable as you are, I am just supporting a campaign know as "Conscious plant" headed by Sadhguru to save soil. I couldn't imagine anyone except you who can understand this better.If people like you support this, the momentum that it gathers is huge. This is my small request to you to support this as much as you can 🙏🙏🙏

@the_seekerslife1027 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Manisha Ji 🙏🙏🙏 loving your efforts. So inspiring 🙏🙏🙏❤️

@agrippanyagwaya2308 12 күн бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful unique technology I'm gonna venture into this project in Zimbabwe Africa

@farmaanandaa 12 күн бұрын

Awesome! All the best!

@sumitakundu8052 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Manisha , you are actually showing us the way to follow our dreams, and hope will get to contact PPL who can help build our dreams.

@bec5250 6 ай бұрын

Another amazing Indian woman bringing valuable knowledge to the world. Love it. I'm going to try this.

@farmaanandaa 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@thandimichelle 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your clear breakdown and instructions. This is one of the best videos I've heard on the subject.

@farmaanandaa 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@alecsherman Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent practical details like "tamping until you hear a metallic sound". Your video was so informational I've taken notes and sending to my contractor. This year I'm planning on building a rammed earth construction home and will definitely use some of these tips! I'm subscribing to your channel now...

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for subscribing!

@ogathingo8885 Жыл бұрын

Good to rediscover ancient building resources and methods that are appreciate again…indeed ancient tribal knowledges have wisdom that we slowly are respecting…

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@yalealy Жыл бұрын

Thank you Manisha. The information you provide is very valuable.

@durbinito 2 жыл бұрын

Watched two videos. Seems great. Excited to see the finish of the house.

@VishalSingh-ng4cl 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou very much ma'am for such a precious knowledge!

@pateljipatel4856 2 жыл бұрын

The Best Solution for tropical areas houses on Westrn side for thermal Protection n in garden for for soft plants 🙏🇮🇳🙏💐

@thakkardevansh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your content, it's been very helpful and informative! Can you please demonstrate adding natural pigments in earth as you escalate 12 cms at a time and ramming it, I'm sure the effect will be be worth the extra efforts as I assume these walls will be exposed in and out later in use!

@Lukavichiano 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Well explained and presented. Thank you.

@patelneeraj 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful !! Thank you Didi for sharing this with us!

@ThoneJones 2 жыл бұрын

I really love the idea of this type of construction. It’s so much better than the typical 2X4 construction. Of course getting it approved by the building inspector in the USA would be a big challenge.

@jiteshmalik3606 Жыл бұрын

You could still try non-load bearing walls, i assume....I understand, getting permissions within the urban areas in India, specially for Load bearing Walls is next to impossible....the Building Codes need to be updated with research and documentation; A group of us architects in Chandigarh area are pursuing with the administration...with our experiments at Aanandaa, we are a step closer! There is Sirewall in Canada who are building Rammed earth walls, you might be able to get specifications etc. from them for the approval process in the US.

@Batmicheal 11 ай бұрын

That’s an issue here, getting approved for non conventional construction. Can do anything for non residential construction like sheds, barns, cellars, etc but commercial building are typically steel and concrete and residential dwellings are typically stick framed but have known of cement block construction approved for residential construction, and some areas have a method of approving log homes. There are areas that have no building codes and no code enforcement for building but I don’t live in one.

@jamesmatheson5115 10 ай бұрын

They passed construction requirements here in Australia so America should be easy.

@Iam.com.c Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you that is such a good teaching on how to build basic 😮

@jatinjalia8676 2 жыл бұрын

This is simply beautiful

@maelneri5495 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this great presentation. Almost all of my question are answered.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Glad!

@anjalikohroo7428 2 жыл бұрын

Very good series for earth lovers..nice mam ...thank you for this... 🙏

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Happy to share!

@arjun10able 4 ай бұрын

Hello i am from Nepal.🙏I remember my grandparents house built from mud, Bamboo n bricks which was more comfortable in summer n winter. In future i am planning to build new house with rammed earth wall. Mud house is comfy n cosy effective

@farmaanandaa 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@namelessanonymous5216 Жыл бұрын

Works well even without rcc columns. 6'x2'x3 i.e. (length breadth height) block at a time. One layer/level of huge blocks is laid n left to dry for 24hrs & then another row is made over it. That's how ppl are building farm boundary walls in rural Punjab.

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Yes sure it can be done. We wanted to be 100% earthquake proof as these walls are carrying the weight of the roofs too

@HarshSuryawanshi 2 жыл бұрын

That’s the best video someone ever made on rammed earth. Great

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thats great to hear!

@HarshSuryawanshi 2 жыл бұрын

@@farmaanandaa it will good if you can put detailed information on how to fix corner and end panels of shuttering, electric and plumbing working, fixing doors and windows and closing top of rammed earth wall. Basically if you have proper documentation of construction then by watching all these videos one shall easily able to understand the process and start planning his/her rammed earth adobe. Thanks

@TechineersStudytech. 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully explained nice and simple.

@rks3488 2 жыл бұрын

Love you guys 💕💕💕

@hometube788 2 жыл бұрын

really helpful video. thankyou for sharing

@haiderimran1 Жыл бұрын

Lovely piece of work. Respect from lahore and now I’m looking for artisans who can do this for my house ❤

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Am sure you will find some local artisans

@HayatPermacultureFarms 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you man for this knowledge..

@apurbadash6831 2 жыл бұрын

What about windows opening?

@radhagupta3939 2 жыл бұрын

Super informative, with supporting videos as well!

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@ajayayyappan2522 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. I have enjoyed it.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@rajeevrawat6863 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the derailed explanation 🙏

@farmaanandaa 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@namelessanonymous5216 Жыл бұрын

Excellent 👍 superb. Future of environment friendly construction. I wish I cud visit the site & take a hands-on training course to DIY construct my own house. M in Lahore, Pakistan.

@kimgboy1 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent i love your techniques i look forward to Learning more

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@ramilabhandarisaptaranjani7781 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such important information

@lurin971 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@leilatiu9721 Ай бұрын

This what I am looking for. Thank you so much ❤

@farmaanandaa Ай бұрын

Glad!

@chepindichepindi3328 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.will build one like this.

@bhanuchaudhary3436 Жыл бұрын

Wow Very Interesting 😊

@nikbivation Жыл бұрын

amazing job, keep it up!

@davidfernandez2652 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for answering my questions from your previous video!

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Keep your queries comin!

@balrajdevraj7493 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Manisha. It's so inspiring about your passion about nature and educating about adopting nature products !! 👌

@starofthesea1943 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Fantastic video!

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@gmtomazio 2 жыл бұрын

Obrigado!!!!! 🇧🇷 Thanks!!!

@HCEndgame 2 жыл бұрын

You're doing God's work 🙏

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

@ulkapawar952 3 ай бұрын

Huge work you are doing by spreading on site knowledge! i=could you throw more light on what is the foundation used here and also, the costing of these walls. thanks a lot!

@farmaanandaa 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@Wild1Banana 8 ай бұрын

India is probably the worlds best resource for Rammed earth natural home construction with modern plumbing wiring etc and my biggest questions about rammed earth is not the walls but the engineering of wall to roof structures and materials for a well insulated natural material roof and the roof water proofing without synthetic materials etc .

@imayank9 2 жыл бұрын

thanks manisha for nice video

@vinaymk2002 2 жыл бұрын

Please make more videos we are glad to watch and i started to do your things in my farm

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@CEarthling 2 жыл бұрын

I think you guys are Vegan....You adopted that stray cow.I appreciate it.

@satyakithorat3545 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, quite helpful video

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kiransingh9756 4 күн бұрын

Superb explanation

@farmaanandaa 4 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it

@jagirjosan4521 Ай бұрын

Nice, thanks for knowledge

@farmaanandaa Ай бұрын

Thanks for liking

@phucnguyentv7541 3 ай бұрын

I like this menthod building houses with soil❤

@reshmithampy 10 ай бұрын

wow! this is really cool..pun intended

@atulbhagwat8043 10 ай бұрын

Very good information. Thanks for that. Are your rammed earth wall acting as panel walls? As i see RCC columns in between probably to take roof load

@farmaanandaa 10 ай бұрын

The walls are load bearing. The pillars are just connectors between the plinth beam and ring beam and staple the entire structure together

@VyacheslavZinger Жыл бұрын

Thanks !!!!

@Baelon903 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for instruction break down

@farmaanandaa 2 ай бұрын

Welcome!

@zh1959 2 жыл бұрын

hi there, great new series! thanks a lot it's very inspiring and I would like to build a rammed earth house can you show us also a construction plan? that would be so great to see how you did the planing of your building! also how long did it take to ramm for instance 12cn by 1m? just to get an idea. most of the video on rammed earth you find don't show how to do the preperation and planing in advance.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Difficult to share our house plan, as that is a private document. Its takes about 3 days to make a 10 x 9 foot wall of 13.5 inch thickness.

@mritunjay4344 2 күн бұрын

Unburnt stable compact brick is more easy and cost effective way to make eco-friendly house

@bigonprivacy2708 10 ай бұрын

Looks beautiful. Many have been doing their own projects and some are experiencing either major shrinkage OR lots of cracks. Has your project experienced anything like that and if not, any advice for anyone out there who would like to do this and avoid cracks/shrinkage? Thank you!!! Beautiful videos!

@farmaanandaa 10 ай бұрын

We suffered some cracks where we had inserted pillars and pipes. So in future walls we did not imbed pillars and instead made them at the end of the walls. Usually cracks and shrinkage happens if the soil is too clayey. You may want to check your soil composition

@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Hello! and thanks for following us!

@exoticfruitcauldron4422 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing , great work , you have made it look so easy explained very well, please make more videos in detail related to rammed earth

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned

@exoticfruitcauldron4422 2 жыл бұрын

@@farmaanandaa Thanks , can you please tell why these cement pilar for, its good idea, how many ?where they should be ?start and end of rammed earth wall ?

@LatifMirza-tu5tb 9 ай бұрын

Thank u.

@KrishN-bx2fy 10 ай бұрын

U r simply beautiful

@pranitrangole449 2 жыл бұрын

lovely

@sara31786 Жыл бұрын

What a ram fine woman 😍

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Haha

@sara31786 Жыл бұрын

@@farmaanandaa Only a person who truly understands the subject can explain it simply.......doing so with the voice and tone of an angel whilst looking flawless well, very compressive

@keefskibiro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great content. How do you ensure cracks don't appear on the walls?

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

The soil composition should have the right mix of clay, silt and sand. Also, ramming should be consistent. Shuttering should be tight. If any pillars are inserted within the wall, there should be enough space around it to ram the earth. 👍

@saladin333 11 ай бұрын

Great video with full of information. Thank you! A question wil remain: how to protect the wall from rain?

@farmaanandaa 11 ай бұрын

The wall doesn't really need any protection from rain. It will hold its own. However you can coat it with a silicon waterproofing solution to prevent it from dusting off

@johnhoward2337 9 ай бұрын

Can you place a metal pipe in the walls for electrical lines. Ram the soil. Then pull the metal pipe out? Perhaps coat the pipe with oil or powder to retrieve easy? So that no plastic pipe is needed for electrical cables?

@farmaanandaa 9 ай бұрын

That would be risky.

@ravikarpunj608 Жыл бұрын

I am inspired and wonders if I could ever get a chance to build my own "Rammed Earth" or "Earth Block" house ? Even I don't have a piece of land. But definitely would love to associate with architect near me, to learn the art. Looking forward to get an opportunity to work with.

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

All the best!

@saisuren6488 10 ай бұрын

Hi akka I saw ur project house it's fantastic akka 🎉

@SurajVerma-dq8ht 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@atulpj 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@soltanakouider5922 Жыл бұрын

thks very informative

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@sunkarasreenivasarao 2 жыл бұрын

thanks.

@pathikshah9055 9 ай бұрын

Hi, Love what your are doing and have been following you since a long time. Need your little help here. We are planing to build a farm house and are very keen on using natural materials to build our farm house. We are from Mumbai and our farm land is near PAWNA damn. This region as you know comes under heavy monsoon belt. My question here is that can Rammed Earth wall sustain in such a harsh monsoon conditions. Your insights would be really appreciated. We are contemplating either mud blocks or Rammed Earth. Thx.

@GowthamV07 2 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@asifsharoon9773 Жыл бұрын

Very nice mam

@RA-uz7px 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive. How much does it cost per square feet for such a house

@keithc8108 Жыл бұрын

Amazing architecture! How does it handle the rainy season? Please explain.

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Nothing happens in the rains as long as the top of the wall is protected. The sides are well rammed and water resistant

@shalzmv1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. You have always been an inspiration. I have a question. What's the ratio of soil, concrete, and lime stone?

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Soil mixture has 6% aggregate and 12% lime

@ranadharma2008 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@nayan4121 Жыл бұрын

Kindly make a video about ratio of material for various types soil ie sticky ,sandy.. And haw can established the wooden frame of door, window and ventilator ,

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

We have covered the door fixing in this video itself, but will try to make a video in more detail.

@sajeesh.s4547 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot . It's was really good content . Where u took with lot of patience . continue this series in the same pace .. Would like know how the roof tops works for this rammed earth ? Will you concerte with mud . Or in your case it's just a metal sheet placing ? Thanks in advance for your reply . Keep up the good work ..

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

We have tried a bunch of different roofs. Stay tuned!

@sajeesh.s4547 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much for your reply :)

@trem876 Жыл бұрын

you can use the compressed stabilized earth block, it's basically a rammed earth wall in a block form. Requires way less labor.

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Yes we did explore that, but given our soil properties and our aesthetic considerations we preferred rammed earth with shuttering

@riethacrafford7375 2 жыл бұрын

what is the mixtures you use of EARTH< LIME etc. please. How wet should mixture be

@rrsp253 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@anilbaraik3684 2 жыл бұрын

Great Idea of constructing a Sustainable House. I would like to know when the water is added or completly no water is used to raise the Wall.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Very little water is added. More like a sprinkle

@anilbaraik3684 2 жыл бұрын

When can I join you for trainings. Please send address. Atleast how much time is needed for Basic training? Thanks ANIL Ranchi Jharkhand

@stylesg7818 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the valuable information. I have two questions: - Can we build a two storey building (Ground + First floor) - Can it be achieved with a 60cm width (with or without reinforcement)? It would be great to get some input. Thank you.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can. We are building a room on the FF and will document it soon. 60cm width should be fine

@dv9239 2 жыл бұрын

If you have resources just go for stone buildings

@surekadevistudios7217 Жыл бұрын

Have you built with solar power in mind? Thank You for your video. I will be exploring your channel.

@farmaanandaa Жыл бұрын

Yes I have. Just need to install the plant now. Wondering whether to keep batteries or not. Any thoughts?

@shaileshlute8059 2 жыл бұрын

Rammed earth vs compressed earth bricks , which are better ? Also madam plz make a video on how did u plan everything prior to execution. Thank you for great initiative.

@farmaanandaa 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on what soil you have. Earth bricks may need more clay.