'n Hoekslyper as teëlsnyer - www-aardskip-com - Angle grinder as tile cutter... - For more info go to the weblog.

Die week het ons teëls gelê en die badkamer apparate geïnstalleer.
Ongelukkig was daar 'n fabrieksfout in die pan gedeelte van die toilet, so
dit word geruil en sal volgende week weer ingesit word.

Op die foto sien julle Retha met ons hoekslyper en teëls sny. Die hoekslyper
het 'n "diamantlem" wat teëls moet sny met water. Ons hoekslyper het nie so
funksie nie, so toe maak 'n boer 'n plan. Heel eenvoudig 'n emmer tot bo toe
gevul met water. Bo op die emmer plaas ons hardebord met 'n gleuf. Die lem
gaan dan deels in die water en van 'n stowwerige gemors word dit 'n
natterige gemors.

Verder het ons die sit en eetkamer klaar gepleister en gewitwas. Ons het
besluit om die 2e kamer se vloer te politoer en die 3e kamer se finale laag
(kleiagtig rooi grond en riviersand 1:2) is gegiet.

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This week we worked in the bathroom. Retha cut tiles using through away
tiles from our recycle-bank in Orania, see photo.

We also started to polish the 2e room's floor and poor the final layer for
the 3e room's floor.

The dinning and lounge is now lime plastered (2 lime : 3 river sand : 3 clay
rich earth) and white washed (1 lime : 2 clay rich earth - for colour).

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

Oop vir toere - www-aardskip-com - Open for tours ... - For more info go to the weblog.

We are open for tour groups to visit the earthship in Orania, the Aardskip.

Suggested donations will be R20 per person and R150 for a group upto ten
people.


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Hier sien julle 'n toergroep van Bloemfontein. Ons is nou oop vir toere teen
'n donasie.

Die riglyn donasies is R20 per persoon en R150 vir groepe tot 10 mense.

Vir die inwoners van Orania is daar geen riglyn, enige donasie is welkom.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

Groengordyn - The GREEN curtain

In the photo you see how we shield us from the bad anti-ecological world, a green living curtain.

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Hier kan julle sien hoe ons, onsself beskerm teen die eko-onvriendelike wêreld.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

info@aardskip.com
Pos: Posbus 186, Orania 8752, Suid Afrika
Tel: +27 73 134 9671

Donasies - donations
Bank: ABSA
Swift code: ABSAZAJJ
Branch: 632005
Account name: LRHV Everson
Account nr: 9272495193
Reference: Aardskip

Complex water works - Koud -> warm -> grys -> plante -> grys -> swart water

In die foto sien 'n deel van die kompleksiteit van 'n aardskip se waterwerke.

Hierdie week het ons die grys water pype afgehandel.

Verder is ons besig die badkamer vloer te teël.

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Here you can see part of the complexity of an earthship's water works. We catch the rain water and store it in 30kl tanks. An electrical pump, pump the water through a filter system to the hot water solar geyser and the taps. The hot water pipes are insulated with the white insulation stuff (recycled plastic bottles). The dirty (grey) water from the zinc, bath, washing and basin go to the planter. The excess water filtered by the planter is used to flush the toilet. The dirty (black) water from the toilet go to the digester (septic tank / bio-digester).

+ In the case were the planter do not have enough excess water the backup valve from the (clean) cold water system will be opened to fill the toilet cistern.

+ In the case where the planter overflows the overflow valve will be opened to let the overflow grey water go directly to the digester. The hight of the overflow will make sure that only the minimum grey water will go to the digester. However the valve should be kept close for normal function.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

Ons kan vaar, ons eerste oes en die toilet werk - All systems go, we can eat and we can ... go

We finished the installation of the septic tank and we managed to install the toilet as well. Gradus, JP and Izak are the main players in installing the septic tank, thank you very much.

Our planter is already producing food, look at the pumpkin and our first bean harvest.

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Kyk net hoe mooi lyk ons gryswatersel, die plante groei dat die bessies bewe. Hier sien julle ons eerste bone-oes en die grote van ons pampoen.

Die Toilet werk danksy die installasie van die septiesetenk. Dankie Gradus, JP en Izak. Ludwig is besig om die Toilet te toets.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

Earthship Malawi Project

Hi Ludwig, 

Aangeheg is 'n inligtings dokument oor die Malawi projek. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cgmq3sngVwEpblXqpVk5xEnV3JBCPdd3qNMW4lcuAyo/edit?usp=sharing

Dan het hulle hierdie video oor die malawi projek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dKEuFCOhPA

Hier is die link na hul Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/earthshipmalawi/?fref=ts

Hier is ook 'n paar baie interessante videos oor Earthships. Dit is bedoel vir mense wat nog nie vertroud is met die earthship konsep nie, so ek is seker jy het al meeste van die videos gesien.  

Television program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haiWcI5NJo8

Imagine Earthships: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9jdIm7grCY

Earthships 101 part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlrhxqat_6A

Woman talking about her visit to an earthship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pSQ48ZpD0&playnext=1&list=PL6AF74F93C10E2B1D&feature=results_main

Haiti Distaster relief: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFP4Q0UDZpU

Haiti Distaster relief basic design. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcpJXyTFbss

Baie dankie vir jou tyd en bereidwilligheid om dit aan te stuur na mense wat dalk belang stel. 

Groete

Marinda Fourie

Cel: 072 4788 396

Sewage week - Julle sien hier die aardskip se gat (vir die septiektenk)

Die week het ons gewerk aan die riool stelsel. Die eerste 16 meter pyp is reeds gelê. Verder is die septiektenk se gat gegrawe. Agter die huis is ons besig om "landscaping" te doen om seker te maak die water van die heuwel kom so gou as moontlik na die voorkant van die huis en bly nie agter die huis nie. Die werk word gedoen deur die mense wat uiteindelik die biogasverteerder gaan instaleer, Gradus Teseling.

Binneshuis het ons twee panele van die badkamer geplaas. Die waskamer en eetkamer se kalkpleister is klaar. Die 2e-, 3e-, bad- en waskamer se mure is reeds afgewit.

Die plante groei goed, ons sal die week ons eerste bone oes, verder is die pampoen besig om groter te word.

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We are busy installing the septic tank. The first 16 metres of drain pipe is installed. At the back of the house we are busy with landscaping to make sure the water flow to the front of the house as fast as possible.

Inside we are busy with the bathroom panels, the lime plastering and white washing.

The garden is doing very well. We are now letting the pumpkin climb up the windows and who knows just now we will have hanging pumpkins. Next week we will harvest some of our beans.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno


info.everson@gmail.com
Pos: Posbus 186, Orania 8752, Suid Afrika
Tel: +27 73 134 9671

Donasies - donations
Bank: ABSA
Swift code: ABSAZAJJ
Branch: 632005
Account name: LRHV Everson
Account nr: 9272495193
Reference: Aardskip

Die 2e kamer se vloer is nou geolie - www.aardskip.com - The second room's floor is now water resistant - Goto the weblog for more descriptions.

This week was a very slow week we only had two productive days. We worked on the bathroom's dry walling and continued with plastering. Photo show the second room's oiled floor. The floor is now completely water resistant and will not keep on giving of dust.

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Die week was 'n reedelike onproduktiewe week. Die week wat nou kom sal ons werk aan die riool stelsel.

Die foto wys die tweede kamer se geoliede vloer, wat nou ten volle waterdig is. Daar is twee lae sonneblom olie en een laag lynsaadolie gemeng met terpentyn.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

We can harvest and eat. - Binne drie maande is die eerste bone al eetbaar.

Ons is besig om die kamers een vir een te pleister en te witwas. Die tweede- en badkamer is reeds klaar. Die tweede-kamer se vloer is ook nou heeltemal klaar.

Verder het ons reeds die kombuis se werksblad, opwasbak en krane is geïnstaleer. Heerlik ons kan al ons skottelgoed met warm water was.

Laastens die plante groei baie goed, hier is 'n foto met ons eerste oes (bone), binne drie maande. Daar is ook 'n paar vlinders in die aardskip.

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Currently we are busy with the plastering and white washing of the all the rooms, the second room and bathroom are done. The second room's floor is also complete!

The zinc's taps are now installed, so we can now wash our dishes with hot water.

We can start to harvest our beans within three months. See photo. The earthship is also home for a couple of butterflies.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno

Ons het warm water - sun will now give us also hot water

Now we have hot water from the sun. Seeing that we have water to fill the geyser it was now possible to install the vacuumed pipes to generate hot water.

We have installed the kitchen table top.

The second room's floor is oiled and it looks stunning. We oiled it with two layers of sunflower oil and one layer of linseed oil. The linseed was diluted with turpentine, so that it could penetrate better. This floor is hard and can be compare to a wooden floor. There is not a single once of cement in the floor.

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Die foto is geneem van die Noord-Ooste en u kan die solarwarmwaterstelsel sien op die dak van die aardskip. Die stelsel is nou ten volle werkend. In die foto kan u ook die PV sonpanele (regs op die grond) en die septiestenk (swart koepel) duidelik sien. Byde die items moet nog op hulle regte plek geplaas word, op die dak en ondergronds.

Verder is 2de kamer se vloer ge-olie met twee lae sonneblomolie en 'n laag lynsaadolie. Die lynsaadolie moet die reuk van die sonneblomolie verbloem of moet ek sê vergeur.

Verder vorder die badkamer-kombuis-eenheid goed. Die kombuis se werkblad en afwasbak (zink) is geplaas. Krane en water sal volgende week gekoppeld word.

Groete/Greetings
Ludwig, Retha en Arno