How to Build an Adobe Walls for a Home

Nice

Oh! How satisfying! So, so satisfying. Thank you very much for the informative video.

Adobe love !?? ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Why not use interlocking adobe blocks, no mortar needed! Also, instead of laying 2 blocks together for thickness, form bigger blocks.

Can I plaster the adobe walls with cement mortar? Any pros and cons?

Are Adobe and Hemp the same when it comes to insects and mold??

I have experimented with cob building a small chicken coop and really loved the sturdy nature of the building but the downside is that it is extremely labour intensive. Wanting to build our own home I was curious if it would be possible to use a cob mixture in between the Adobe bricks that we could press holes into (just like in a cob structure) to later help us to apply a layer of cob finishing or plastering to the walls. Would this add any extra strength to the structure as we have expanding soils in our area that tend to crack. Would it actually be possible for the cob mixture to adhere to the Adobe brick?

Awesome!! Very detailed oriented. I love it!!

This video is excellent and after searching 2 days that one make really a difference about Adobe construction. Thank you

An easier option for exterior and interior walls is cob on hay blocks. Still needs a foundation and roof beam, but is easier and quicker than adobe

Amazing!!!

I wonder how the Adobe construction would do on a small home in the Sierra Nevada at 5,000ft ele. where snow & temps to 5 degrees are encountered during each winter. Maybe insulation could be sandwiched between double rows of Adobe Block. I am in fire country & already had a hellish fire burn across my property burning most of my neighbor's (wood) Homes, I saved My home, But I want to build a 2nd (smaller) guest house that is fire resistant, & I like the looks of Adobe.

I stopped watching after he mentioned "to code"

I understand keeping it simple but cheap pvc or conduit would go a long way for wiring especially considering potential repairs

What about a tie column so that the tie beam doesn't slip off the wall?

Ate you in NM, and if so what is your address

How high can you structurally go with adobe bricks?

My back hurts

you guys are working pretty hard. Nothing you touch is light

I'm still confused....how do I make a .PDF?

Do you have to have weird 90’s man earrings to make the Adobe walls square and plumb?

I see you have addressed concrete and adobe interaction. What if instead of mud one were to use cement and organic fiber. Not concrete with rocks but cement with straw and some sand?

Betonový věnec je špatně - vytvoří tepelný most, může se srážet voda na povrchu omítky.

My question today is: what makes the blocks waterproof? When I get a answer I'll tell you how my father and I did it.

Mass storage means what? Thermal storage means during winter, the house stays warm. In the summer, it stays cooler.

Uhhhh DOOOOOOOOOOH BEEEEEEEEE

What kind of motor wash do you use on your Adobe wall?

Would’ve been cool to see the finished project. But very neat.

I know someone who makes Adobe macaroni and cheese 😆

this sort of building method looks like it would be well suited to codeless areas like west texas scrubland. not sure of the clay content of the soil out there for making the bricks tho.

My Dad tried to kill me with concrete

What's the R-value of that?

How do you stabilize adobe

I'll be a old man! Time i made them and get them up

the wires are cemented into the walls - lets hope they never need to replace them

I think on a more modern scientific side why not get the powder dirt clay water mixture right then put it in a 10yard cement mixer and then pour it like concrete with forms! Hmmmmm???
Has it ever been tried?

What's the cost of building per square foot I want one of those houses?

I think that adobe died off in the 17 and 1800s with all the mission building. Why use mud and clay bricks when you could use the real thing?

I guess you guys were building a Tsar bomba shelter somewhere in New Mexico.

So it's more expensive to build a dirt house lol. No thank you. And the cost of the build pays off because of the lack of HVAC heating and air. I'm sure people living in a dirt house in the desert would also like air conditioning

Lime mortar and stone for a base, and maybe face or white wash

Two very important details which have not been mentioned in this video!

1. Adobe and concrete do not get along. They absorb moisture, breathe, expand and contract differently. This means everywhere concrete, cement mortar and adobe are mixed in any fashion are weak points which will separate much more rapidly. For examples of the damage this can cause, check out any of the restoration attempts on existing adobe structures done in the late '60s and into the '70s. I had the displeasure throughout the '90s of assisting in corrective restoration on several of these structures. All concrete had to be removed, then new adobe was used to fix the areas properly.
The metal reinforcements placed every 4 levels will also expand and contract differently, causing even more destruction. You would be better off using jute twine.

2. Adobe historically is covered with lime to protect it. Adobe and lime work well together in regards to moisture and expansion. Look for slaked lime. It works just like plaster, and hinders erosion.

Always keep in mind, just because something is legal code, doesn't mean it's a good idea or good design. Code becomes code because someone in a government position thought it was a good solution for a problem they may not have understood.

I wonder if adobe could b used on native American Indian reservation in south Dakota

Garbage is garbage

???what are the taxes???

What of the taxes???

Why no straw?

Is it not true that you save ~50% using concrete and adobe?

Embedding that wiring directly is a very bad idea if you ever had a break or need to upgrade the wiring. Better to imbed metal conduit runs just like the steel ladders.

You should use clay