Comments on: Earthbag house?

By: CaptPaul

CaptPaul — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:25:25 +0000

Yurts are great. Love ’em. So much versatility.

But cement and blocks are practical and for the most part reasonable.

Building a home. You continue to amaze me. Isn’t life wonderful. It gives us the chance to expand our knowledge base based on necessity. It’s been a couple of years of that for me, in my life lessons. I think my head is going to pop. But it hasn’t yet.

Continue to keep in touch and I’ll do the same. Give the family the love and continue continuing on.

Capt. Paul
s/v Panacea

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:31:34 +0000

The property is at the end of a small dirt road, need a 4×4 to get to it so no boats or shipping containers. I think we will focus on building a small concrete house for dad.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:28:12 +0000

From what I’ve read, the tricky part to an earthen home is keeping out moisture. You know Panama far better than I, but I imagine you get some rather rainy spells down there. It seems that mildew and mold would be a neverending battle.

What about a palapa or something to that effect? Like a raised cabin that “breathes”.

By: Seafarer

Seafarer — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:52:11 +0000

Any reason not to put a boat on the property? Surely there are some good boats with bad engines withering away that could be dragged out of the sea to make a good land-based home instead?

Best of luck to you with whatever route you choose!

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:21:13 +0000

People are building homes out of shipping containers. They are 53′ X 8′ by 9′ high.
I have seen some really nice ones. PanamaShippingContainerHouse.com
You may be able to get two containers for 5K dropped on site, it varies by country.