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Idaho Earth
Builders was
founded by Paul Lamon as part of Idaho Earth Habitat.
Paul first became interested in energy efficiency and alternative
building methods in the late 70's. Studying
the benefits of earth-sheltered homes exposed him to other
'alternative' building methods. When he came across Rammed
Earth, he was hooked. The benefits of earth sheltering
without having to hide the house under a pile of earth?
He was immediately sold on the simplicity and elegance
of the rammed earth approach.
Paul Lamon |
For the
next 20 years and through a couple of career changes
he harbored the dream of one day building his own rammed
earth home. As he got closer to the reality of building
this home he began to look for experienced rammed earth
builders anywhere in the Snake River region. He even
contacted rammed earth builders in California & New
Mexico. None of them knew of any rammed earth builders
anywhere near our area.
For the next few years Paul kept wondering why no one was
building homes this way in our part of the country. The
climate, the resources, the attitude of the population, everything
seemed perfect for it. Then Paul met Tami - the love
of his life - in late 2006. He shared his dream of
building a Rammed Earth home and it was she who helped him
see the question in a new way. Instead of asking "Why isn't
somebody building these homes here?" she helped him realize
he should be asking himself: "Why am I not
building these homes here?" One more career change for Paul
and Idaho Earth Builders was born.
In the summer of 2007 Paul temporarily moved to Albuquerque,
New Mexico to work and study with third-generation Rammed
Earth builder Chandler Huston of Huston
Rammed Earth. Paul is now back in the Treasure Valley
and ready to bring the beauty, comfort, serenity and
energy efficiency of Rammed Earth to the Snake River
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