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sarpy.com features a state by state list of vendors of polypropylene and burlap earthbags. nmdirtbags.com provides earthbag building supplies, especially in New Mexico. Regular & Misprint Bags:Agriculture Bags MFG., Inc. Innpack, LLC Polytex Fiber Corp www.suncoastpkg.com |
Bags & Tubes:Berg Bag Company Central Bag Company MaxKatz Bag Co. NYP Corporation Donald Davis Bags superiorsandbagsystems.com has 15" wide pp bag material in continuous rolls 6000 ft long, UV stabilized. |
This is Steve Villa with Superior Sandbag Systems, the guys with the continuous sandbag system that you were so kind to include in your blog some time ago . Thanks for that. I wanted to get some information out regarding 14" & 18" wide woven tubular fabric that we have in supply and want to sell. For our purposes, erosion and flood control, we have upgraded the bag material we use with our machine to a heavy duty, military spec material. To make room, I have about 85 rolls of each 14" and 18" tubular bag material (170 rolls total) that we want to offer at a considerable savings to the public. The fabric is an 850 denier, 10×10 construction, 2000hr UVI material, white in color. The rolls are 6000/lf long and I will offer them for the $0.12 & $0.15 per foot, FOB Santa Ana, Ca. until they are all gone. They are sold by the roll only. Minimum of 1 roll. They have our company name printed on every 42" on the material. This is excellent material that is uv stabilized and perfect for earthbag structures. You can contact me direct on my cell at 949-338-5978 Thanks and Happy Holidays Steve Villa Superior Sandbag Systems ( www.superiorsandbagsystems.com ) stevev AT ameripacific.com |
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Supplier of Bags in Haiti I've found a company that makes polypropylene bags here in Haiti, and they can accommodate large orders. They are a little expensive at 35 cents a bag, they said that this is because they have to import the materials to make the bags. They sell them in the traditional bales of 1,000. They are located here in Port au Prince. The lady that takes the orders speaks English. They also have the 100lb bags that are twice as big and a smaller size bag. They also manufacture corrugated and flat tin roofing, pvc pipe and 5 gallon buckets ($4.20 each). They can handle big orders. Here's their contact info: ACRA Industries |
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Suppliers of Bags Globally China Forest Packaging Group Co.,Ltd www.forestpackaging.com This factory in China (and Cambodia) can provide a wide range of polypropylene bags, both as individually sewn bags, and as long tubes on a rolls. They ship via containers (or partial containers) and have delivery to Haiti. Standard 18"X30" bags run about $0.11US each and the longer 18"X34" bags are about $0.12 each. The long tubing in rolls are 3500 meters (11,150' or 2.2 miles) long. This is the equivalence of about 3,700 standard bags. The cost of each roll is about $482US, so that would mean that the equivalent price compared to individual bags is about $0.13US...so there is no saving in buying the long rolls. They can supply gussetted bags by special order, and it would be necessary to give them exact specifications for this. They need up to 30 days lead time to fill orders. |
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Name of the port: Les Moulins d'Haiti (The Mills of Haiti – it is an old flour mill
) Anyone interested in moving goods through that port will still have to contact the Director at the port of Port-au-Prince to get an inspector to come up and clear the shipment. |
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Rodney Johnson's Shelter in Port au Prince was built during March, 2010 and at the end of this article are outlined his costs for building. |
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Training Available for Earthbag Building Karacadir Earth Builders Andy Watson and Dorothy Gerhart have been teaching earthbag courses for seven years. karacadirAThotmail.com earthenhand.com Scott Howard has traveled the world teaching earthbag building in many different forms. earthhandsandhouses.org does at least one earthbag workshop each summer in Poland. homegrownhideaways.org conduct regular workshops mostly in Kentucky. calearth.org Nader Khalili's earthbag works. Jeffrey Bousquet teaches through HomeGrownHideaways but also does earhtbag training independently. Contact: earthjeffoneATgmail.com guidingstarcreations.blogspot.com offers earthbag workshops around the world. Shari is a physically fit female, Cal Earth trained. She is currently situated in southern BC, Canada, but has her own accommodation and mobility with a 30ft RV and Motorbike. She is willing to travel to a training or worksite. Contact Shari at: spidar1919ATgmail.com JoyUs is in Costa Rica and has some earthbag building experience. He has seen the difficulty in disasters to get the right stuff to the right people, in the right time. He was in south India for the Tsunami and aftermath. He would like to go to Haiti to do a hands on demonstration. Kay Howe is associated with Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer, authors of "Earthbag Building: the Tools, Tricks and Techniques." She is currently in the Bahamas and would go in a minute to assist in some earthbag projects. She thinks about the crisis in Haiti everyday and would love to actually do something. If anyone gets anything going she would love to help. Contact: kehau53ATyahoo.com |
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structure1.com Precision Engineering has embraced earthbag building and is prepared to provide structural engineering for earthbag projects. |
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| Reinforced Earthbag Specifications is a 6-page PDF describing in drawings and text exactly how one might construct a reinforced earthbag wall that would pass most building codes in areas of high seismic risk. This document was prepared specifically at the request of Dr. Owen Geiger and Kelly Hart for use on reconstruction projects in Haiti, but it could be useful wherever reinforced vertical wall structures may be built. We want to acknowledge and thank Nabil Taha of Precision Engineering (www.structure1.com) for his patience and diligence in preparing this document. | |
