The research tells me adobe is not good in humid climates.
Shane
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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:
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>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
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