What are Compressed Earth Blocks?
Compressed earth blocks are bricks that are composed of natural materials that are pressed into shape using manual equipment or motorized machinery. The main purpose of the blocks is to provide building materials that are indigenous to a given location. This helps to keep construction costs down by eliminating charges for transporting materials from other areas. Compressed earth blocks are constructed with the use of different types of compressed earth block machines. The machinery involved may be simple affairs that are operated with a simple level that allows for the manual compression of the materials into bricks of a uniform size and density. These types of manual machines are considered to be an improvement of the older method of using sticks to beat soil into a wooden mold, since the lever allows for the even compression of the materials in the mold. More robust versions of a compressed earth block machine employ the use of hydraulics and high tech machinery to achieve the ideal
