Mud Talks 6: Adobe Wall Construction Part I - From Planning to Laying Bricks & Mortar

In our sixth Mud Talks podcast, Adobe in Action Board President Quentin Wilson takes us through the first steps of planning and constructing adobe walls.

Mud Talks #6 Reference List

• Adobe Bricks

• Rammed Earth

• Wall Heights and Height-to-Thickness Ratios (in Fred Webster’s SOME THOUGHTS ON "ADOBE CODES")

• Thermal Mass vs Insulation (Tiny House Design)

• R-value vs U-value

• WHEN THERMAL MASS BECOMES RESISTANCE (Quentin Wilson)

• Bond Beam

• Storey Poles

• Rough Bucks

• Mortar

• Lime

• D-Handle (Mortar) Shovel

• The Princess and the Pea