Laying drain pipe around the EarthShip. We have decided that when we put in our floors we don't want a layer of plastic for a moisture barrier. Reason being is that I want the capabilities to be able to ground myself while in the EarthShip. Earthing is very healing. And you can not ground or earth yourself through plastic. After consulting with our engineer we have decided to put down drain pipe around the EarthShip and also a layer of plastic will go on the back side of the tires with another layer of plastic in the berm area. The West Plains area gets on average of 44 inches of rain per year. So far they are going to exceed this number. So the area can get very wet at times. We feel with the drain pipe and the added plastic this is cheap insurance that our home will be protected.
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We did the same thing with our walls. Instead of rigid pipe we used flexible 4" Big- O. Two runs around the house at the bottom tires. No poly on the floor, just under the first tire run, up the outside of the wall, up to the top sill plate. We also had to (code) tar the outside wall before the poly. In 2 years everything is bone dry.
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Mary Kay Severin
8/25/2013 07:40:34 am
Thank you for your comment. It is nice to know that our system will work.
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