Recently, we built our bathroom addition using adobe bricks. The mixture for adobe bricks use is similar to that used to make cob walls. Unlike cob walls, however, which are constructed using a wet ...

You can perform a fairly accurate soil test by filling a jar with 1/3 earth and 2/3 water. Then shake the jar and let it settle overnight. In the morning, measure the ...

The craftsmen who created the adobe bricks for McCallum's house were members of the local Agua Caliente tribe. They combined sand, clay, water and some kind of fibrous or organic material like sticks, ...

With the arrival of the Spanish colonists, Santa Barbara came to be built with the oldest-known construction material: mud. Santa Barbara’s oldest buildings were made from adobe brick, the word “adobe ...

Beneath the arms of aged trees outside of the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House in Albuquerque’s South Valley on Tuesday, men and women in broad-brimmed hats knelt and pressed a clay, sand and straw mixture ...