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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Brennan, there is probably no noticabel difference between adobe and rammed earth wall performance regarding thermal and moisture concerns. Cellulose is a...
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...
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...