Rammed Earth Enterprises

About

Rammed earth enterprises specialise in building Rammed earth walls of timeless, natural beauty, which provide excellent thermal properties for sustainable homes. Rammed earth is architecturally unique and extremely versatile; it meshes flawlessly with any house style, from the down to earth traditional aesthetic, to stylish contemporary leading edge designs.

Comfortable living is being in a home that remains a consistent and pleasant temperature all year round. Over the centuries, people have invented many ways to fight against the forces of nature. Whether heat, wind, cold or rain, mankind has endeavoured to block them out, and create an ideal home that is pleasant throughout the seasons. Windows to block heat and cold. Heaters to take the chill off the air. Air conditioners to cool those hot summer days. Many of these innovations fight against the natural way of things, damaging the world we live in.

At Rammed Earth Enterprises, we work with nature's forces to better achieve this ideal without increasing energy consumption. This is where the sustainable use of thermal mass comes in. As builders of stabilised rammed earth walls for over 23 years, we truly understand how well this very high thermal mass medium works. "Usually in temperatures around 40oC our house sits comfortably in the mid 20oC's without air conditioning" says Tony, builder & director of Rammed Earth Enterprises. When thermal mass is used correctly through passive solar design, rammed earth walls work to store the sun's warmth in winter and control the heat in summer.