adobe brick

Dissolving and erosion of adobe bricks without lime and gypsum was observed during capillary absorption, as shown in Figure 6.

We had some damage in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, and to repair it we had to bring in artisans from other places, even Scotland, to help us make the adobe bricks again because no one remembered how.

Adobe bricks utilize abundant and free local materials, and the lofty arch can shelter a comfortable living space.

The inside of the Kerwin's oven is firebrick, while the exterior is made of adobe brick from gray clay hauled from Charlestown.

Monday at a time when most people were inside their mostly adobe brick houses, while a 5.

This article describes a lesson that draws upon the rich historical, geographical, and cultural characteristics of the adobe brick as a building material.

An old four-story kiln house, used to make adobe brick and tile, is located on the property.

Monday -- a time when most people were inside their mostly adobe brick houses -- while a 5.

In the 1920s the US government promoted rammed earth for farm buildings, and produced booklets on soil testing, adobe brick making, and earthen house construction.

It was used as ranch before it was purchased in 1935 for $3,500 by Malcolm McKenzie, an aficionado of California history who spent years restoring it using 60 tons of handmade adobe brick he hauled in a pickup truck from the Dominguez home that was torn down in Chatsworth.

Adobe brick home-building is an ancient technique that originated in the Middle East and later spread to Europe.

To prevent the clay from becoming adobe brick, she dug in 15 tons of sand, 14 truckloads of composted manure, and 25 large bales of peat moss.

You don't have to live in Mexico to make adobe brick work.

Destroyed by a developer in 1986, the adobe brick was transported to the junction in pieces and the old structure recreated by volunteers.

And there was the girl of about 8 in the adobe brick yard on the outskirts of Mazatlan.