Hmm, that's interesting since so many of the buildings in Mexico have been there for years and so have the missions up and down the whole state of California. Learn something new everyday... Betsy At 12:07 PM 8/11/2009, you wrote: > > >The research tells me adobe is not good in humid climates. > >Shane > >----- Original Message ----- >From: kevindoucet.com >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >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: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >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: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >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>http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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