Welcome to Rammed Earth Alternatives - quality rammed earth builders of Perth and WA. Rammed earth is one of the most environmentally-friendly building materials in the world and is gaining immense popularity with architects, designers and home builders who are seeking environmentally-friendly building materials for their new homes. In Western Australia where the majority of climate is ideal for thermal mass construction you can see both in the country and along the west coast rammed earth is becoming the most populuar choice for a truly sustainable environmentally-friendly home.
We specialise in quality rammed earth construction. We build in the Perth metro, outer Perth Hills, and some country areas of WA. We don't just build rammed earth, we also build rammed limestone, rammed concrete, and the beautiful artisan work featured in our Artisan Series. If it can be built from rammed earth, Jens Jacobsen and his construction team can build it! Jens prides himself on the beauty and harmonious energy of each and every wall he builds. His care and attention to detail is second to none.
Building Service
We build both residential and commercial projects for architects, builders and owner builders, actually we build for anyone who needs rammed earth walls. No matter who we build for each of our projects is special and unique. Just bring your building plans to us and Jens and his team will create your beautiful rammed earth walls.
Why choose rammed earth for your home?
Have you ever wondered why earth walls exude such natural beauty and have such a great feeling about them? So many people just want to touch the walls as soon as they set eyes on them. The answer lies within the wall itself. The amazing harmonious energy of rammed earth which combines with the energies of your building site to make your house a very special home.
Rammed earth, rammed limestone and rammed concrete all have a very low embodied energy, (energy used during their production and supply) making them among the most environmentally-friendly and sustainable building methods in the world. When combined with correct solar passive design principles, it is possible to build a rammed earth home which requires no artificial heating and cooling. No air-conditioning or heating. (when correctly designed for climate)
Modern methods of determining building energy efficiency rely on a high R-value to acheive a high star rating. Relying on a high R-value to acheive energy efficiency does not tell the full story. One only has to walk inside a correctly designed solar passive rammed earth home on a hot summer day to notice the internal temperature difference and realise the house will require little or no air-conditioning in most cases. (when correctly designed for climate)
In our climate, unlike rammed earth a house constructed from a high R-value building material will always require air-conditioning to keep the house cool on a hot summer day, and will always require heating in winter. Just think of all that extra cost for air-conditioning and heating not only to your budget but to the environment.
If you are serious about building an environmentally friendly solar passive home which requires very little or no heating and cooling there is no better choice than rammed earth.
Why choose us to build your walls?
Our primary aim is to build your walls with the utmost care and love. Because we love what we do it shows in the quality of our walls, you can see for yourself that we take great pride in our workmanship. From the attention to detail, square and accuracy of each window and door opening to the accuracy of the walls themselves, to the tidiness of our building site you can easily see the Rammed Earth Alternatives difference, our quality is second to none.
Single or double storey or even specialty work nothing is too complex for us. We can also shape and mould the walls into an endless variety of textures, patterns, colours and designs. There are many good reasons why Rammed Earth Alternatives are the first choice for architects, builders and owner-builders alike. We put the same care and love into each and every home, where ever we build and who ever we build for.
We pride ourselves on the quality workmanship and harmonious energy of our unique and creative walls.
If you are serious about quality and workmanship there is no better choice than Rammed Earth Alternatives to build your beautiful rammed earth walls.
Creative Walls
Our new Artisan Series is here. A visual paradise of color & texture limited only by your imagination. Our spectacular new display gallery is now under construction where soon you will be able to walk through a breath-taking collection of artisan rammed earth and see and feel it for yourself. See the project gallery for photographs of our latest works at the Artisan Rammed Earth Gallery.
We pride ourselves on the harmonious energy of our unique and creative walls.
Owner Builders
If you are owner-building we have tailored a range of building options to suit everybody's time and budget. Have us build your walls for you or we can teach you how to build your own walls on the job. See our new Owner Builders page for more information.
