Q and others: does anybody know of anyone that has used the red dirt around Abiquiu, New Mexico, as rammed earth or cob? I was wondering if it could be used...
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Quentin Wilson
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May 2, 2001 1:45 am
Sam, Abiquiu Red is usually high in silt, fairly high in clay and low in sand. It will make adobes but they tend to crack. It makes great mortar. Just might...
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Quentin Wilson
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May 2, 2001 9:32 pm
Sam, I just talked to Jeffery. You will have to see his house when you are here next. It's about as alternative as one can get while still building a standard...
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freedem@...
May 2, 2001 10:34 pm
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freedem@...
May 3, 2001 6:57 am
Hi Mr Wilson could you please post pictures of the details mentioned here of the house you speak of having such flair BTW my name is jeffery bybee and I...
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Sam Gray
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May 3, 2001 11:08 am
Quentin: Thanks for the reply. I'll call you before I come up next to get directions and phone numbers. I would very much like to see both of these houses. I...
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Quentin Wilson
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May 3, 2001 4:56 pm
Jeffery, like your parents, I mixed up the spelling. Kolch is actually Jeffrey. I am on my way to his house now with camera in hand. Photos soon. Sam, Jeffrey...
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Rick Blanchard
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May 3, 2001 6:04 pm
Quentin and Sam, I'm over here in Espanola and would be very interested to see these houses too if you are setting up any meets. I also am going to be building...
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Sam Gray
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May 3, 2001 6:48 pm
Rick: I have lots of it on my place just outside Abiquiu. I used it for mortar on bought adobe on my casita and it worked great. I'm going to use it for mud ...
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marsanp@...
May 4, 2001 2:08 pm
I don't post on here very often, but I do read everything. I just wanted to take a minute and thank Quentin Wilson for the volumes of information and...
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Sam Gray
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May 4, 2001 2:23 pm
Quentin: AR 87510, that's a great name for that wonderful red creamy stuff. I will do some more tests this summer and get back to you and the list. I'm going...
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Quentin Wilson
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May 4, 2001 3:33 pm
Sam, I always wondered who Georgia's other mentor was. She never revealed it to me. That white bone advice was what really got her career going! Bob Coss will...
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Sam Gray
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May 4, 2001 3:43 pm
Rick, sounds good. I didn't realize we were off list, so I have posted the directions to my casita on the list and invited everyone to drop by. thanks. Also,...
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freedem@...
May 4, 2001 5:02 pm
a purely thoeretical comment on the corner window problem if we are talking an 18 inch thick wall how about an ibeam of at least 6 x6, weld an 18 inch wide...
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A. William Gustafson
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May 4, 2001 6:43 pm
Sam, If you decide to do this, let me know. I have a reasonably extensive library of some of the older pubs. I'm assuming you're looking at PDF. I'd be glad...
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Quentin Wilson
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May 4, 2001 10:35 pm
I think Jeffery's ideas could be made to work. Obviously something worked at O'Keefe's house. It might mean diverging from traditional adobe construction...
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Sam Gray
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May 5, 2001 12:39 am
Bill: that's a generous and appreciated offer. I need to talk to Joe again anyway as I think he owns the copyright on the Earth builders encyclopedia. I ...
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raymond joe barwick
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May 5, 2001 3:44 pm
im in favor of the book scaning but onlyif you get permission also does anyone have exsperiance with rubble fill foundations does it work how is it done ect...
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Sam Gray
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May 5, 2001 4:58 pm
unclejoe: We won't put anything on the website without copyright permissions. Here's how I did my rubble trench foundation for my casita in Abiquiu: Hand dug...
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unclejoe@...
May 5, 2001 5:13 pm
i for one am glad that i dont have to deal with an inspector (rural oklahoma) we had an electrical inspec here in the big town close by who was a pain and big...
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A. William Gustafson
bill.gustafson@...
May 7, 2001 2:00 pm
Joe, One the best I've read with good schematics is "Rubble-Trench Foundations" by Elias Velonis in Fine Homebuilding, Dec, 1983. It is also included in ...
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freedem@...
May 8, 2001 8:58 am
Dear Uncle Joe the codes are written by the profesional orginization of code officials. ( almost said of the code officals by the code officals and for the...
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kivaconstruction@...
May 8, 2001 2:45 pm
Hey Folks, Just about every building code on the books has been established for the purpose of protecting people. The codes all deal with health and saftey...
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3crow
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May 8, 2001 6:28 pm
hi all, the problem with codes is more often than not they don't fit the situation you are in...they are made for conventional stick and/or block and brick...
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freedem@...
May 9, 2001 12:12 am
I think I should apologies to the group. I am an extreamest in many of my veiws. reading the ownerbuilder and the code by ken kern and others telling the...
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Rick Blanchard
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May 9, 2001 8:41 am
Hi Sam, I think I spotted your casita on my last trip up 84. Cozy springs to mind. Hope to catch you there when you visit. If you get firm dates let us know. ...
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Sam Gray
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May 9, 2001 8:42 pm
Rick: Actually, I think 'cozy' is too kind a word for my little casita, more like 'cramped'. Hope you do drop by, I'll try to let you know exactly when I'll ...
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Elizabeth Peterson
marsanp@...
May 10, 2001 2:18 pm
I had read a number of different things that referenced the book by Mr. Tibbits, so I went to my local Library and ordered it through inter-library loan. Most...
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solarch@...
May 10, 2001 5:29 pm
The book you are refering to, "The Adobe Encyclopedia"
is out on CD Rom version. I have them or Joe has them for sale...Mark ... This message sent using...
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unclejoe@...
May 11, 2001 3:45 am
im wondering is slaked lime hydrated lime placed in a tub with water & left to soak (not stirred ) ??? or how is it done...
