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What a soil-cement eco brick actually is
Featured · The material

What a soil-cement eco brick actually is

A block of soil, cement and water pressed at high pressure and cured without firing. Two design details — the vertical holes and the tongue-and-groove interlock — turned it into a whole building system.

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Are eco bricks strong? What the standards actually require New
The material

Are eco bricks strong? What the standards actually require

The question comes up every time, and it has an objective answer: there is a standard, there is a test and there…

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How a soil-cement brick is made, from soil to pallet New
Production

How a soil-cement brick is made, from soil to pallet

Four stages, and each one has its own way of going wrong that ruins the whole batch. The full path from soil…

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How to build with eco bricks: the 12 stages of the build New
Building

How to build with eco bricks: the 12 stages of the build

The sequence is the same as a conventional build. What changes is how each stage is carried out — and that difference…

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