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We just made another trip to get free sawdust from the local wood mill. It is kind of a pain to get the sawdust, so this time we loaded up as much as possible so we won’t have to get more for about six months. The mill provides sawdust for free. We fill up […] We have started building our first cob hut. Cob is a mixture of clay, dirt, pine straw, sawdust and a bit of water. We get sawdust from a woodmill in a pueblo nearby, and the clay, dirt and pine straw come from the Bosque. Cob is much like formed adobe. We mix the ingredients together […] Our sauna is now in the process of being built!
After many months of waiting – due to lack of materials, plans, etc, we’re finally able to start our cobwood sauna. We are building a sauna described in Rob Roy’s book, “The Sauna“. It will be made out […]
As part of our push to have more well-insulated huts available for visitors, we have begun making adobe bricks. We have enough bricks now to complete a small hut! Our huts will be very basic. Well insulated walls, earth or metal roofs, and windows to take advantage of passive solar. We will […] We have been running some tests on the dirt from the land to see if it is right for mixing adobe. It works fine.
Yesterday we used an electric mixer to see how many adobe blocks we can make in one day. With two guys we made 130 blocks. I think the […] |