There are two reasons to consider using the polypropylene high strength pulling twine instead of 14 gauge wire for making the blocks. First is because the twine is so much easier to work with than the wire. No special tools are required and it is less physically demanding. The second reason is the cost. The… Continue Reading
Zac Crain did what he does best; he knocked one out of the park with this story.… Continue Reading
Ilona Berger was at Haiti Communitere during the building of the Ubuntublox house in their compound. She sent us this short clip of collecting and cleaning some of the plastic trash that was used to build the Ubuntublox house. … Continue Reading
The original Ubuntu-blox was made with all kinds of plastic trash into a block with a two wire restraining feature. We realized that a third wire was needed in the middle between the two outside wires and modified the machine and process to accommodate that concept. We made the blocks then with all kinds of… Continue Reading
Builders Without Borders is proposing using baled rice straw for housing in Haiti. http://builderswithoutborders.org/HAITI/Haiti_Proposal.pdf http://builderswithoutborders.org/HAITI/BWB_HaitiStrawbaleH2.pdf Compare that to our plastic building blocks.… Continue Reading