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How to Build an Earthbag Dome

Step 4Level Each Course

Level Each Course

Check each course for level after tamping. For small domes like this one, a straight 2x4 works great. Put the level on the 2x4 and gradually move it around over the center stake to check each bag. We fill each bag with the same number of buckets so the walls are almost self-leveling. Also, we’re careful to use the same technique for each bag.

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Author:Owen Geiger (EarthbagBuilding.com)

Owen Geiger is the former director of Builders Without Borders, a Mother Earth News Green Home Adviser, The Last Straw Journal Correspondent and the director of the Geiger Research Institute of Sustai...