Information about the house

Dimensions of the house interior are 22' by 14' or about 308 square feet. Bathroom, attached at the rear is another 5' by 6'. Cooking area is set up on concrete patio attached to the rear of the house. Here are photos and details about brick making:

BRICK MUD IN THE FORMS....PHOTO BY JIM VARGO

This is considered "green" building as construction is with adobe bricks and more kind to the environment than cinder blocks. No burning of wood to fire the bricks. Therefore, no greenhouse gasses, no deforestation for burning fuel. Locally sourced materials and no transportation costs.

The mix for making the bricks consists of 14 parts soil, 1 part sand plus one bag of concrete. No easy jobs.  Dry weight of each brick is about 22 pounds with 2500 needed per house. We made 746 blocks for the day's production.  Tough work ... making the mixture, feeding into the mixers, filling forms with the mud or moving previous day's blocks to curing area where they remain to cure for 4 weeks.

FIRST STEP IS TO ACCUMULATE SOIL AND SAND
IN A PILE, THEN ADD THE CONCRETE.
THESE ARE 5 GALLON PAILS THAT JIM IS DUMPING.
THEY ARE VERY HEAVY!

IT IS A DUSTY JOB AND MICHAEL WEARS MASK
WHILE MIXING