Adobe Healing

Posted by Michael, May 2nd , 2007.


This adobe wall suffered a water leak. I inspected the adobe bricks beneath and filled with an earthen plaster. Local materials were sourced for the plaster. Some of the mud came from a near by ditch and some came from the wall itself.
In the end the 10 foot walls received a lot of mud!

Kelly, the owner, sculpted a very nice relief on the finish plaster.

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Stem wall

Posted by Michael, March 8th , 2007.

I’ve been working on a earthen wall by my casita.
The barbed wire is visually abrasive so I thought I’d remedy it with some cob.
I’ve been collecting stones and old concrete for the stem wall.
Next to source the mud…

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