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Mud house - Construction Techniques - Adobe - mihika mathur - 08-16-2014

There are seven types of mud-house construction.

1. Adobe

Sun-dried brick [soil & water & local fiber materials] bonded with clay mortar; wall baring system.

Moulds of brick are filled with the right mix of wet mud. The mould is then removed and the brick dried in the sun. This is the most popular form of brick-making since it uses only solar energy, which is free. Recently, developers have invented a machine which can be used to produce compressed mud bricks. However, the machine is quite exhausting to operate as one must use muscle power to do the compression. However, the bricks that come out of the process have a fine smooth finish and walls using such bricks can take the load of a three-storeyed house.

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