Sugar House Bulletin | 1946-05-10 | Page 2 | Rammed Earth House for Him

Hammed Earth House for Him GREELEY, COLO. Back in 124 B. C, Hannibal built rammed earth watchtowers. And now, Attorney David J. Miller, copying a page from ancient history, has erected a rammed earth home to defeat the housing and building materials shortage problem. His new six-room home of modern mod-ern design and novel heating system sys-tem was constructed with a bulldozer, bull-dozer, a pneumatic back-fill tamp and a little lumber from an old barn for door sills and window casings. cas-ings. The bulldozer was used to clear the site and mix the proper soils, which must include clay, silt and sand. Forms were set in place for the walls and the earth was rammed into them with the tamp. After the earth dried, the forms were removed re-moved and the durable dirt house was completed. Six other Greeley residents are now planning similar homes.