Group: Daniel, David, Kellie, Lloyd, Michael



A Little Infomation On MudBricks

Mudbrick or Adobe is a natural building made from sand, clay, manure and water, with some kind of fibrous or organic material such as sticks or straw. (In our Mudbricks we included dry grass clippings.) This mixture is then shaped into bricks using frames andthen dried in the sun.




Buildings made from Mudbricks are extremely durable and account for some of the oldest buildings on earth.




In hot climates buildings built with mudbricks tend to keep cooler than other buildings made from wood. They are fantastic insulators from the outside temperature.









Sketch of wall

Sketch of wall
Design Sketch

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Tomorrows Agenda

Considering the last account in which the group and myself were together we had a successful run making the bricks. It was good considering everything went to plan and the ingredients were at hand when needed. An issue we had was the worry that the bricks wouldn't set, after a day or two the bricks remained moist, however now that a month has gone by, the bricks are completely set.

Just some snapshots from the day:












We were fortunate enough to have an excellent day of weather that day. Something in which we are hoping for tomorrow, as tomorrows plan is to construct our wall
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We are facing the issue of rain at the moment, this will effect us, as it wont help the wall mortar like joins to bond, therefore the wall will be constructed in a covered area, however when the time arises in which we put it under the test of a constant spray of water, the wall will have to be moved, this is something we will have to resolve in tomorrows construction.

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