Building With Compressed Earth Blocks

[TwoCrows]

Wow Sumi! Great job on the pics!! I love old ruins. And yes, your area does look a lot like the southwest here. Southern New Mexico looks very similar! Lots of work goes into building these houses out of blocks. And once the outer adobe covering falls off, the bricks are exposed to the elements and crumble.

Buildings like these definitely tell a story, that is for sure. It is fun to walk around or through them and imagine who lived there, how they survived and why these building were eventually abandoned. We love to tour the local abandoned adobes around here.

Thanks for sharing Sumi!!

 

[baymule]

Those melted earthen houses will give future archeologists fits trying to figure it all out!

Love the pics from BOTH continents, how similar they are!

 

[sumi]

It's amazing how similar they are, considering we're 1000's of miles apart

LOL @baymule

 

[Smart Red]

looks great.... how did you determine the the footer size and construction? Did you just lay CBs in a mortar bed in undisturbed earth or did you actually pour a concrete footer?

Happy birthday, @CDODD726! Hope you have a great day.

 

[Nifty]

@Flying J ... I just wanted to say that I LOVE this thread and all the great pics ans info!!! The pics popped up at the top of the forum index and I'm super glad I clicked!!!