Wow, it was a hot week to be lugging around heavy stuff, but the adobe floor is in, leveled, and drying! A rough calculation shows that I moved around 8,800 pounds of materials, with a little help! Actually, we moved it twice: once to add the clay, sand, water and straw to the mortar mixer, and a second time to wheel barrow the completed batches into place. Enjoy the photos:
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| The first day's progress: four batches. What's that in the lower right of the adobe? |
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| Cat Prints! The curious neighborhood feline that likes to visit my barn evidently wanted to see how solid the new adobe material was. Answer--not very! Come back in a couple weeks and it will feel like concrete. |
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| Day two was slow because of all the plumbing penetrations |
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| Moving along on day three, also showing a few tools of the trade. |
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| On day four, a Wednesday, there is hope that I'll finish on Friday and be able to enjoy my Saturday. |
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| And on day five, it's looking like I'll finish easily tomorrow. |
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| And the payoff... Finished! |
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| It even looks like the photos in the books! |
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