The research tells me adobe is not good in humid climates. Shane
----- Original Message ----- From: kevindoucet.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house is there any concern with humidity or moister with this sort of structure? ----- Original Message ----- From: Shane Hecker To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house I'm in south texas. There are no hills to speak of. I heard of someone building an adobe house in this area, but have no idea how well it would stand to a category 5 hurricane. Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: john schwery To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house Build an earth home. But, you might need a hill side for that. earlier, Shane Hecker, wrote: > > >I'm planning to build a house in a few months. This question will likely >invite some debate, which I think is good. If you wanted to build a house as >energy efficient as possible, without breaking the bank, how would you do >it? To make things simpler (or perhaps more difficult), there is a $80000 >budget for building. > >Shane > > John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3975 (20090330) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]