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Earthbag wall and cob pizza oven part one
For about the last three years I have been thinking about building a cob pizza oven and a nice curvy earthbag wall to create an entertaining area at the end of our deck. There is a concrete slab there that a shed used to be on and I thought I would use that as the…
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Earthbag wall and cob pizza oven part two. Rocket pizza oven
As I was planning, designing, and musing over how to build our earthbag wall and cob pizza oven I was reading articles about how much wood a wood fired oven uses. This correlates with my own experiences in building two previous wood fired ovens in our local community gardens here is Tassie. An article in…
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Earthbag wall and cob pizza oven part 3. Truth window and rendering the wall
Once the wall was finally built, the suspended concrete slab poured and the rocket stove built it was time to build a truth window and render the earthbag wall. I will update this post as I put successive layers of render on. A truth window is often built into straw bale houses so that people…
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Earthbag wall and cob pizza oven part four. Building the pizza oven
The last installment covered rendering the earthbag wall and creating the suspended concrete slab. Now the fun begins, the construction of the pizza oven out of very simple easy to source materials; clay, sand, straw, and water. Together these become cob. There are 10 steps to building the pizza oven. Work out your clay to…
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Earthbag wall and Pizza Oven part 5. Finishing off and trying it out
After completing all the rendering, building etc we were very keen to christen the pizza oven. One Sunday afternoon in late March (perfect early autumn weather here in Tassie) we invited about 30 people to come join us in a pizza afternoon. We supplied the pizza dough, cheese and tomato base and asked people to…
Author: greentasreno
Casual Sunday home tours of Westbury Hemp House running again
Just a quick update to let people know that after having to stop the home tours due to Covid restrictions and just plain common sense we are starting them up again in March.
We run them on the fourth Sunday of the month from 2-3pm. Only take ten adults plus any children for a casual tour of a sustainable, owner built hempcrete home in Tasmania, Australia.
All details on www.diyeco.com.au including where to book tickets.
Sustainable House Day 2017
For more than 15 years, Sustainable House Day has provided a great opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people to visit some of Australia’s leading green homes – ones that are not only environmentally friendly, but cheaper to run and more comfortable to live in.
In Northern Tasmania there are three houses opening their doors on Sunday 17th September to give people an opportunity to see sustainable houses and to ask the house owners about their sustainable journey. The houses are in Westbury, Evandale and Sheffield. If you are interested in attending any of the houses please register at www.sustainablehouseday.com This will enable you to find out the addresses of the houses.
We started our renovation journey back in 2008 and opened our house in Westbury on Sustainable House Day four times in the past. We have also kept this blog of our journey www.greentasreno.wordpress.com Now after a four year break we are re-opening our 1950’s weatherboard home that has been renovated using sustainable materials and products. People will be able to see how these products have stood up to daily wear and tear, ask us why we chose the products we did and how we made those decisions. Come along and see the additions like the shading options on the east side, or the rocket stove fire cob pizza oven which will be up and running.
To find out more:
Website: sustainablehouseday.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sustainablehouseday/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableHD
A green Tasmanian renovation 