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Old 521, that's it! It is the the how-to manual that gets down to the basics. There was research behnd it that went on for several years perhaps by the...
Quentin Wilson
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Jun 4, 2007
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Adobe is the metaphor for finding happiness (free building materials) in your own back yard. Q...
Quentin Wilson
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neat! thanks. Simone Swan Adobe Alliance cell 832 277 4425 www.adobealliance.org swan@... 632 avenida celaya, santa fe, nm...
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On his way back to Nepal, Nripal noticed that the tail section of the Curtis Pusher is connected to the front section with bamboo! Next, will he find bamboo in...
Quentin Wilson
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what is a curtis pusher? Simone Swan Adobe Alliance cell 832 277 4425 www.adobealliance.org swan@... 632 avenida celaya, santa...
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It is the biplane that hangs over the escalator in the ariport. Designed by Glenn Curtis, built by Ingram and Foster. The one at ABQ was found in its shipping...
Quentin Wilson
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hahaha! Simone Swan Adobe Alliance cell 832 277 4425 www.adobealliance.org swan@... 632 avenida celaya, santa fe, nm 87506 505...
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Approximately 58% of all buildings in India are mud brick and a growing construction boom in India, coupled the inability for peasants to support themselves by...
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SIACOT, Seminario Iberoamericano de Construccion con Tierra/SIIDS Seminario Internacional de Investigacion del Diseno Sustentable 19 al 22 de Septiembre en...
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... Simone Swan Adobe Alliance cell 832 277 4425 www.adobealliance.org swan@... 632 avenida celaya, santa fe, nm 87506 505 988...
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Hello, I am in a snowy and wet, yet beautiful and rural part of New York State. I am happy to be joining an exchange of information about building with earth....
brennan lang
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Jun 20, 2007
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I'm sorry I really don't know much about New york state or building there. But it really seem cold because I'm over here in NM in 92 degree weather. I was...
Jimmy & Monique Ortega
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Jun 20, 2007
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If you are in New York unless you have serious solar gain( in those hills)potential and design go with straw bale design with perhaps adobe mass interior. I...
Bobby Palm
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Jun 20, 2007
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Psst, Bobby, You have missed some of our previous posts and are perhaps just a tad too open minded. We try to never mention the s.... word around here. Brennan...
Quentin Wilson
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Jun 20, 2007
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... Monique, I like the idea of abobe. I am not so excited about s...... However you may remember the house in which Jeffery K. hung it on his wall in teardrop...
Quentin Wilson
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Jun 20, 2007
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Two million earthen homes in Central Germany alone. Count them. Little Irish cob cottages all over the country and along the coast. Several adobe homesteads in...
Quentin Wilson
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Jun 20, 2007
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Hello again, Based on what I've read on this forum, there is a lack of a good natural insulator for adobe/rammed earth homes. Will cellulose absorb too much...
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Jun 26, 2007
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Quentin, sorry I will try to keep focussed, but you are totally right as far as finding creative solutions for alternative insulation. I just refused an adobe...
Bobby Palm
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Jun 26, 2007
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Greetings to all. My name is Russell and I live in Sedona, AZ. I live in an adobe house which I had built about 12 years ago. Originally it had adobe plaster...
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Russell: First things first; a lathe is a tool for shaping rotating wood or metal material. Lath is the reinforcement in plaster/stucco. Second; you have real...
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Jun 28, 2007
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Claude, that was a very nice response to Russell. Bobby Palm...
Bobby Palm
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Jun 28, 2007
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Thank you, Bobby. I hope it helps Russell decide. There is, of course, much more to it, if he cares to continue the discussion. Claude...
Claude Hayward
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Jun 28, 2007
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Oh please do. We are building. :~) ... -- Sandi Johnson Silver City, New Mexico...
Sandi Johnson
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Jun 28, 2007
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Brennan, there is probably no noticabel difference between adobe and rammed earth wall performance regarding thermal and moisture concerns. Cellulose is a...
Quentin Wilson
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Jun 28, 2007
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Tell us about it....
Claude Hayward
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Jun 29, 2007
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Quentin Years ago I did some double walls and filled the 4 inch cavity with expanded styrofoam (EPS) beads, which were then available from the place down on...
Claude Hayward
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Jun 29, 2007
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I am restoring old (ca. 100 years) adobe houses in Alpine, Tx and wanted some input related to repairing/stabilizing walls. These houses are on adobe brick...
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Jun 29, 2007
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Claude- Great analysis. Your assertion of the viability of the purist approach seems quite pragmatic to us. John and Liza...
Liza Macrae
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Jun 29, 2007
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generic response on adobe and mud floors, mud plastering regarding sealers, coatings, (portland, lime, elastomerics, bees wax etc.) . This has probably been...
Bobby Palm
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