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title: "Blog"
url: https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/
description: "Dated entries recording a rammed earth build in Dallas, Texas, from clearing the land in December 2011 to soil testing in January 2012."
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# Blog

### [Clearing the Land](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/clearing-the-land/)

Stephen Betzen · Tuesday, 13 December 2011 · Section A · Rammed Earth build in Dallas, Texas

Thank you all for keeping up with our progress. The blog posts will come long after they are completed, this is partially for security of the site as well as to give us time to write the post. I would love to start right in on…

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### [When you have to take out a good tree.... lumber.](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/when-you-have-to-take-out-a-good-tree-lumber/)

Stephen Betzen · Thursday, 22 December 2011 · Section A · Rammed Earth build in Dallas, Texas

Some of the negatives of building anything is that there is a footprint. We tried looking as many locations for the building and the one we settled on happens to cover 2 beautiful cedar trees. This location was the best location…

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### [Information Overload on Ramming Earth](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/information-overload-on-ramming-earth/)

Stephen Betzen · Sunday, 25 December 2011 · Section C · Rammed Earth Resources

Merry Christmas! There is a lot of information on the web about Rammed Earth. I am struggling with the idea of how to structure this site to be informative and easy to use. As you know we have started blogging on our Rammed earth…

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### [First Rammed Earth Construction in Dallas](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/first-rammed-earth-construction-in-dallas/)

Bill Betzen · Monday, 26 December 2011 · Section A · Rammed Earth build in Dallas, Texas

These are photos of the first rammed earth construction in Dallas. These structures are for an entryway and…

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### [First draft of office plan](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/first-draft-of-office-plan/)

Stephen Betzen · Tuesday, 10 January 2012 · Section B · Planning and Design

Our Builder, Anderson Sargent, has been in communication Designer, Chris Everett. This is the first draft of the building plan. I will follow below with the changes we need made to the plan. (I know this not the the most exciting…

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### [Shane Holt, Owner of Way-Wall Builders, first builders of rammed earth walls in Dallas](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/shane-holt-owner-of-way-wall-builders-first-builders-of-rammed-earth-walls-in-dallas/)

Bill Betzen · Monday, 16 January 2012 · Section A · Rammed Earth build in Dallas, Texas

On 1-14-12 I drove with a good friend to show him the rammed earth work that was already happening in Dallas. We drove to the work being done at the facility just east of the Walnut Hill Lane Dart station. As we looked over the…

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### [Soil Tests](https://diyrammedearth.com/index.php/blog/entry/soil-tests/)

Stephen Betzen · Saturday, 21 January 2012 · Section A · Rammed Earth build in Dallas, Texas

Unfortunately This project has been put on hold once again. The city shut us down... but the good part is that it had nothing to do with it being rammed earth. They stopped the project because they said we could not have another…

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