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RE: Getting Wrapped at the Doighouse Build
You may be right on the overkill for drainage. Just read through satisfying the Man too. Especially if your berm is mostly covered by the roof, you probably have a case of someone covering their bum...
Awesome that you like my posts! Yeah, but so what? After more than a dozen Earthship-like structures in BC (supposedly), a bit of overkill is to be expected from the first code-approved one.
last week the entire state of Kerala is under water.. the year before it was Chennai.. When it rains HARD, it doesnt matter how much storage we have, it will overflow.. and if you have a big roof you will need a LOT of VERY good drainage to deal with it.. if there is ever a time for overkill it is drainage as material cost is low, depending how you do it.. and as it does get a bit dirty or blocked int between cleaning it will still allow enough water to pass though..
If you are building with any wood near the ground that is just another reason for good drainage.. NOthin worse than rotting wood that needs replacing ;-)
I like alt building materials, I think I have an article filed from MEN about a hay bale house that really intrigued me. Then I actually saw a house in Flordia that all of the walls were from scrap 2x4's(18"-24" long) stacked like bricks, except they rounded some of the walls.
Where I live, the inspectors wouldn't know what to do with an earthship. They would probably just pass it and move on after talking about it for a couple hours and then their mandatory re-inspection for a small additional fee of course....
As stranger and stranger things are happening to our weather and climate regionally and globally it is worth preparing for the odd 'once in one hundred year' floods and fires... Even to be aware of where once in one thousand year events happened. We are a part of larger cycles and our ignorance is to our own detriment. Codes are a worthy starting point...