James, Thank you very much for the lead; we did make contact with each other. And have everything in place and will be starting Tuesday for them. I appreciate...
Well I recently (year and a half) moved from Deming. Wish there had been an Adobe builder there then. Anyway, We plan to build up in Las Vegas, NM. We...
Bill, What a coincidence on each of our last two posts; it was the same exact time!!!! Weird. Anyway, we've done two of the Sanchez plans, the round house, the...
Adam, We were looking at the Pueblo Plan. I liked it at first due to it's modular capabilites. I am not "in love" with it, but it does lend itself to what we...
It has been done. You can set them in adobe mud mortar just as well as in a cement based mortar. As long as they are well bedded without air pockets and you do...
I love all the Sanchez's plans. I do wish more of the interior walls were adobe. They are the most important walls in terms of holding heat for passive solar,...
Quentin, I agree. The flexibility is why we liked their concepts. We are toying with the idea of using adobe for one interior wall that will be lite by ...
... Thanks Bill. The ICF believers always talk about their mass. It is sandwiched between two layers of insulation. Unless someone rewrote the Laws of...
Economical plans? How about Joe Tibbets plans? We just built one of his, 1640sq ft. believe that is the "name " of the plan also. It is 2 bed/2bath. Pueblo...
ICF should be re-engineered! it is a very practical solution indeed , but : 1: interior side should be made of a material which is less insulating! ( basic...
We are in the process of planning a log home (I know, I know). There will be two woodstoves for heating and cooking and they will have metal chimneys routed...
I agree. They are aware of this and are only left with the slab or some kind of veneer of stone/tile/stucco. ... and ... they ... the ... in ... during any...
I guess every application has a purpose depending on where you are building meaning some products lend themselves to be economical/efficient/etc. based on the...
Good afternoon, I haven't checked the adobe group posts for a while now, but seeing that some of you are in the market for an architect, perhaps I can be of...
Quentin, maybe you can help here. I remember reading one of the test/discussion about the fact that during the day the adobe absorbs heat. That in the early...
it must be one of the brilliant papers by john morony on heat exchange. i have them somewhere and will look Simone Swan Adobe Alliance 505 988 2828 ...
Is it as the clay-pot effect when a clay-pot filled with water because of the slow evaporation of water out through the clay walls of the vessel keeps the...
That's it. Found it and it is by Morony. Thanks guys. ... because of ... vessel keeps ... Certain ... exchange. ... absorbs ... levels rise ... enherent makeup...
I was going to post the Study by Morony in the files area and lo and behold Mudcrafter had already done it. Should have looked there first. Very good article...
Actually, its the evaporation of water on the outside surface that generates cooling – just as a breeze blowing over your skin makes it feel cooler – ...
John , I would lik to red it . Thank you , Regards , Martin ... -- _____________ alchemyarch.net - Design Alchemy! _____________ E23/N43 John , I would lik to...
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