Adding LIME to adobe, cob and stucco finish coats for SELF-HEALING?
Building with adobe since 2007, I finally discovered LIME to fortify adobe bricks and cob.
But why can’t I find quicklime anywhere?
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Category: Building
My latest project: organizing my research and sharing my building and off-grid experiences
In spring 2006 I realized that stress from suing the credit bureaus and sitting at the computer literally 12 – 14 hours EVERY day was making me sick. I got strep throat around Xmas 05, didn’t know what it was and in March...
Read MoreOrdered Punch! Architectural Series 4000 Version 10
I’ll be downloading for a few more hours, 3 about 700 mb files. I hope it’s worth the $200 and it is a bit irritating to have to pay another $6.99 for the user manual AND $10.95 for shipping. The Amazon reviews definitely...
Read MoreBuilding with vigas
Have yet to figure out how you keep them in place, but here’s a nice page with pics: The Utility Building “This page describes the process of constructing our utility building. It will house the batteries for our solar / wind...
Read MoreUpdate 9/13/08: Somehow, what I built isn’t at all what I planned and I find that smaller and simpler is definitely better.
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