What do you recommend for the most economical nice looking roof for a rectangular 1500 square foot home?
All of the standard roofs that are used with conventional homes can be employed on a home with earthbag walls. One of the least expensive and ecological is actually metal roofing, since it can be made with minimal framing and much of the steel is recycled these days. You would still need to insulated the roof from below in some way. Q: My mother and I live together. I want to build an earthbag home in Utah. My mother is ok with it as long as its square. I want an earthen roof. We live in an earthquake zone. Domes seem the only possibility. She won’t accept domes. Vaults on the other hand, seem ok with her. Is there a way to make it work? Maybe buttresses or additional inner vaulted arches set periodically, or even a compression ring? A: Actually it is hard to create an earthen roof with domes. Kaki and Doni (authors of the Earthbag Building book) actually tried this (in Moab, Utah see earthbagbuilding.com/articles/honeyhouse.htm) but eventually gave up because it was too hard to mainta
