Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Cave Men only "Oooga Booga" => Topic started by: catfishon on November 18, 2009, 09:22:08 pm
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saw this hut being built at angle mounds this summer and it now has me thinking of trying one this spring.
i have property here in indiana with the real sticky river mud that im sure would stick like glue.
i just wonder how long something like this will last after its built?
anyone tried it?
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s73/catfishon/123_0511.jpg)
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no idea but if i made one i'd put a tarp over it protect, but that kinda defeats the purpose
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looks like it would work but would need touch up once the rain came. i think a better style is to mix the grass in the mud and make bricks. more work too though.
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I've seen a number of mud huts that had thatched roofs with long overhangs that are intended for all weather use,
suprisingly mud huts are very common throughout the world, even in modern societies
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yeah, I think mud huts (or wattle and daub) had thatched roofs that hung way out past the walls to protect them from driving rain. Of course they would need occasional touch-up from time to time. But thatched roofs can last a surprisingly long time. An anthropology museum near my home had info about thatched roofs....it said they will last between 25 to 100 years before they need repair!
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Don't know about mud huts But you must be doing it right your work crew seems to having a lot of fun 8)
Thanks Leroy
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thats not my crew thats the one i saw at angel mounds .they had alot of hands on stuff for the kids .
but that gives me an idea? maybe i should see if any of the schools would want to have a field trip day?....lol
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Class project cool idea.. I'll bet they'd have a blast.. take alot of pics I'd love to see them
Thanks Leroy
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The technique shown in the pic is "wattle and daub". Another technique is to mix the mud and straw and pack it in globs and blobs, smoothing it like it is modelling clay. That is called "cob construction". Do a search on Cob construction and see some cool hobbit looking houses. Might be kinda fun to build one of those if you lived where you wouldn't have to worry about meeting building codes or dealing with rain.
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maybe you could make a sort of stick trellis to form it around, to act like rebar in concrete formwork
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saw this hut being built at angle mounds this summer and it now has me thinking of trying one this spring.
i have property here in indiana with the real sticky river mud that im sure would stick like glue.
i just wonder how long something like this will last after its built?
anyone tried it?
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s73/catfishon/123_0511.jpg)
you talking about the angle mounds in Evansville?
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yes it was in Evansville
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sweet....i live in Evansville. You know if many people on here live near?
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I use to live in evansville. I know there are a few on the KY side of the river- but not sure if they are on here. Shoot me a pm with your email and ill pass it along.
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was over 2hrs for me to get there.
i live south of indy.
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was over 2hrs for me to get there.
i live south of indy.
Hey Catfish, where "south of indy"? I'm a long-displaced Hoosier who used to live "south of Indy" ... in Shelbyville.
Mike
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im a bit more south , in seymour .
really about half way between indy and louisville
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Yep, mud huts are still being used to this day, why even bho's "beloved" African family is still living in one. Unlike the Wannabe African man bho. ::)
Wayne
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Wattle and daub houses were the common type used by the Cherokee here in the southern Appalachians, and we have one of the highest annual average rainfalls on the continent. Most of the reconstructions I've seen had overhanging roofs.
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I live in Greenwood and have family in Seymour.
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Cow dung was another popular parging material for wattle and daub ::) Then you could talk about how crappy your house is without it being a bad thing ;D
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Yeah, Jude, the Massai still use it for their homes. 8) Wow, Mumbassa, you house look like s%$! Yeah, and it is good S^%$, too, not that cheap, ready made s^$@! No s%$#? No, only the best S$%# ! I used the Brama brand! I had a builder who really knew his s*&% ! Yeah, I see that! But now de wife she be seein your house, and now she be wantin a new house. She is always wantin S*&^ ! Every time I turn around it be the same ol s*&^ ! Hey what dat on your foot? Huh? aww, s*&^ ! Ok, Ok, enough of this s873 !;D
Wayne
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Now that's funny! =)
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:D :D :D
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I just S$%# myself laughing
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A mud hut, what an idea. It would be a good place to break some rock.