On Mar 4, 12:30*pm, JIMMIE wrote:
My friend and I were discussing building adobe home in areas where
adobe would not normally be used, Like here in North Carolina. We are
aware of its shortcomings for doing this but was trying to come up
with practical ways of overcoming them. Basically it gets down to are
their ways to make adobe hold up in wet climates short of mixing
concrete and calling it adobe.

Jimmie

We are thinking of trying rammed earth bricks, Very large building
blocks made of local clay soil and about 10% Portland cement. We also
found that the building code does have standards for rammed earth.
They require test samples much like concrete. Beer and work permitting
we plan to have so samples made in the next couple of weeks, maybe the
next couple of days.

Jimmie

Jimmie