The PLASTER MATTERS! Changing the Shape of the Superadobe Dome Home

[Music] the and we're looking at the so I finally went and got some more Gorilla Tape we're going to go ahead and tape up the bottles that Adel has washed and hopefully they're dry I guess we'll need to make sure they're dry then tape them up and then we're going to try to get at least one little bottle window down we don't have a lot of time before the sun goes down but see what we can [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] good morning today before we get started on the Dome a local company reached out and it's like can you cut my wine bottles I was like yes I can cut your wine bottles for you so they're going to to sand them and make them into drinking glasses I wish I had a sandard to do that but I don't so I'm going to cut them for pack and G back up and then we can get started on our [Music] project okay that didn't take too long just over an hour got all the bottles cut we're going to package them up and uh that way they can come pick them up but let's go get started on our projects we got a special package in the mail yesterday that we need to open and more bottle bricks okay we are going to open these packages we got [Music] from cubic mini wood stove so the little Dome is going to be heated in the winter with the this tiny wood stove it heats up to 200 ft and the Dome is only 65 ft so this should be perfect we do need to do a first burn so when we set this up we need to set it outside and we're going to burn it for about 30 hours and that will help the paint adhere to the stove itself and it will help like get rid of any toxic fumes we are going to set it up get it going so that we can go work on our bottle bricks yum Yun is very excited you want a wood St so cute okay it's adorable I don't know what all these functions are for but we're going to find [Music] out [Music] all right so we got it all put together we are going to take it up to the Airstream because we have a flat surface up there we're going to go cut some little pieces of wood and get this started on the burning [Music] process [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] that wood stove is probably the cutest wood stove I've ever seen in my life um a is going to be in charge of keeping it going we need to burn at least 30 hours over the course of the next few days so a is going to keep the supply there and Adel and I are going to go work on the [Music] Dome okay I've got a huge little barrel full of ab mix we're going to be sifting out the rock all the sand and clay will fall behind the sifter and we'll take it back over there make our mix and start installing some [Music] bottles [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's always kind of funny doing Bottle work with adeli cuz she's even more picky than I am and I love it because look at that she's making it look so cool so um we have a few too many dark bottles so we're going to go ahead and go cut some more clear and put together some more bottles to finish out these little windows and then maybe we'll even have time to work on above the [Music] door now I just have to clean all these bottles get them dried and tape them up and then we can finish these windows it's taking a little longer than I planned on but everything's fine it's going to turn out really [Music] good [Music] okay we're working on the door uh I just need to uh staple the hardware cloth on the 2x6 up there and and then we have all these bottles cut we're probably going to try to just get two rows in and let it dry and then come back tomorrow and finish up but let's get started we made it my oh honey look how we made it this far hasn't the been honey take a look at where we are we made it my love oh honey look how we made it this far hasn't the place been a long honey take a you see that back there and over there it's been raining all morning so we haven't been able to get outside and work so there's a break in the rain I'm going to sip some soil I think we're going to work on the inside of the Dome because I don't think it's done raining so so let's work on the inside while the weather's bad we recently met up with some friends who found some things at a uh like a thrift store for us check these out metal sifters like they're made to be used as sifters different size holes this is going to be perfect we're just going to sip some soil into a wheelbarrow make our mix and get some mud on the [Music] walls [Music] [Music] decided that we're only going to do this one batch of mix because this is a different mix than we usually use I want to see how it dries tomorrow so we'll just get all of this mix onto the cracks um just the one mix and come back and look at it tomorrow we may have to do some adjustments on our measurements but we'll find out [Music] tomorrow [Music] hey [Music] he [Music] this is why we can't have nice clothes so this is why you always see us and dirty dirty clothes but we have our first batch on I'm not convinced on this batch but we're going to see what it looks like tomorrow it's I think I had too much uh too much straw and maybe not enough sand but we'll see [Music] [Applause] [Music] tomorrow we are back at the Dome yeeha yeah I don't know why you keep keep wearing that hat because we're not going to get any work done when you have that on you bought it for me big mistake today we um are working on the exterior stucco again because we only have this week of good weather left now you may remember about this time last year we were in the process of trying to figure out exterior plaster on all of our buildings because they were all failing and we were practicing stucco on the chicken Garden mhm and then it got cold and we had to stop yeah so this week we have really good temperatures so we're going to try our hardest to get this exterior locked down yeah I mean if we don't get it done now then we're going to have to basically wait until spring yeah we not good no we want to get at least the outside covered to where we can paint El last America on it then we can go focus on the inside take our time doing that but yeah we got to take advantage of this last sort of Spurt of warm weather and try to get this stucco done one thing we're going to be working on today uh that we actually built a while back is a vent so um before Hayden left he basically chopped out a whole section of bag that we're going to stick this through we probably should have laid around it but there's a workshop and there's lots going on it just simpler to come back and add it later so this is a 4-in pipe we added a coupler with some uh some of that no screen and some metal screen on it so this is just in here that's keeping anything from getting inside on the other end we found this little AC powered uh two-way vent fan so it's got a little remote we can either pull the air out or we can I guess pull the air in or pull the air out of the building and we'll just use the window on the opposite side to kind of make that happen so as we're doing the exterior plaster today we need to get this set in place plaster around it and get it to hold um so that we can seal up around [Music] it so hyper bags are very different these definitely uh kind of fray and come apart and so when Hayden took his hammer and crowbar and pounded through here we got all these little these pieces left that are kind of in the way that we don't want to be super loose cuz then they're not going to plaster in well so I'm just trying to clean this up a little bit and get a lot of these little Flyway pieces off um before we start Plastering this in [Music] yep had to tape up the end wanted to make sure we didn't get any of this plaster inside this vent fan cuz once it gets in not going to be a good way to get it out [Music] a [Music] [Music] so the main goal today you may remember when we first started putting this plaster on with Hayden he took like a 2x4 and he found the highest bags and so that was this bag and this bag so that meant that they stuck out too far and so we've been slowly building up and this hopefully will be the last layer that we use to finally cover this bag and fill in that amount all the way up to there so that we have a nice smooth Dome shape we'll see maybe we might need one more layer but I'm hoping we can get it in this [Music] one [Music] one thing that's super important to remember is when you're working around windows and doors to make everything slant to where the water will run off and not like go back into your window I mean it seems pretty obvious but some people just don't think about it so there's your [Music] reminder [Music] n [Music] [Music] well I think it's going pretty good don't you it is it's going good and it warmed up so it's nice we're in t-shirts I can't believe it it's December and we're in t-shirt I was a little worried when we started it was cold yeah it was pretty cold but then it warmed up so I mean we're pretty much done with the bottom half other than the buttresses right uh and then yeah we still have from Windows up Windows up um I still don't I can't tell if this is going to be the final before the last and the stucco I can't tell because there's still some spots that kind of dip in I don't know we'll see we'll just see how we might fix it with the sto I don't know we'll find out guys you're on this journey with us yes you are well uh we're going to go grab some lunch yeah and then we'll be back okay wouldn't it be nice if we could like go somewhere and grab lunch yeah but that's not an option [Music] nope all right we're back from lunch we're going to do some more plaster are you ready can't decide if I'm hot or cold I know it was hot earlier now I'm cold again it's definitely yeah like it's warm in the Sun and then the Wind Blows the wind is the problem and then it's like oh man maybe I should get my jacket on then you put your jacket on and then the wind stops and you're like oh man it's really hot and then you have concrete all over your hands and you can't yeah do anything so I'm going to go up high cuz you don't want to get up on the dome right mm and you're going to work on the hyper doobe benches that the plan uh I think I'm going to do butresses first and then benches okay so kids are coming out butts first then benches butts [Music] [Applause] [Music] first [Music] n [Music] a can see your little [Music] tail [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] how close are we to finish in for the day I'd really like to get the top half done yeah but I know you're about finished oh my gloves are off I'm done it's just getting too cold and we got to get the dogs out we got to clean up before sun goes down well I don't know I mean let's get this mixed done and keep going see how much is there one more batch let's make do you want them to I mean I'll use it last one okay thank you down all the lights let me hold you [Music] close babe I don't know about you but I think that dome right there for the fireplace is the best looking part of this whole building it's it's pretty nice yeah it does look really good with the little 8 in hyper adobe's bag it's so cute Here Comes [Music] Trouble my love won't fade after the [Music] preview we only get one [Music] life I won't live m without you come [Music] stor out someone's taking over your spot hey we got a lot done today why not you have stuckle in your beard uhoh uh-oh guys we got that whole thing covered well except the buttresses and some of the red bags but we got a really good coat on there so here's what we're not sure about we're not sure if this mix is going to work for the hyper WX which is weird it's falling off quite a bit and usually when we do stucco over hyper Adobe it's the bag with a lot of the fiberglass in it but even just cob sticks to it because we've done cob chinking we've done a lot of different chinking coats haven't never had any problem with anything sticking to it I do think maybe um this the concrete sand that we're using is a lot bigger grain it's twoo of course it's um heavier material so that might be an issue I don't know we we did a little test we're going to see how well it sticks tomorrow if not we'll just cover it with something different or we'll just go straight stucco over that when we start doing the final c yeah since we know that works yeah so we have lots more to do but it was a very productive day well yeah and we're we're a big step closer to actually drying this thing in um we've only got a few more coats on it I mean well yeah and I got to finish like but the bottles to like really be sealed up yeah right really close getting there we get in there guys all right thanks for hanging out with us we'll see you next [Music] [Applause] time a