Sculpting Mud Walls By Hand | Panama Culture, Mud House, Casa de Barro, Natural Building
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- This is the best part about building a mud home! In Panama, we mix the mud plaster (cob or barro) with our feet, and then we add it to a bamboo cage. There's a lot of technical skill used in the process, such as knowing the proper consistency of the cob to prevent cracking, understanding how climate affects the curing process, and understanding your local soil. It takes some practice but is very rewarding!
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Turiya Theme
00:54 Preparing the Cob Mixture
03:03 Building with MUD
08:03 The Mud Curing Process
12:04 Does it smell?
13:04 Progress!
14:55 Outro
Putting in cow manure is definitely something they do-do 😂 lol lol love your videos!
Thank you for taking the time to watch my video! Hope you all love it! 🤗 Much more to come on the natural building process!
What you have done is amazing
This is awesome. We’re doing cob atm in Mexico!
amazing!! excited for you!
I live in the Philippines wherein most construction supplies are VERY Expensive. Your videos looks interesting as the raw materials use can are available in my country. Would love to try this but i dont know how😅
Check out my other videos too! I explain a lot of the process. I will also have online workshops in late 2024!
Also want to know more about the traditional methods used for flooring in Panama🌸
Unfortunately, these homes are no longer built, and the older ones that are still around use a concrete flooring. There are some very old casas de barro around that show that they used unsealed clay tile on a compacted stone base. For our home, we are doing earthen floors (sealed with tung oil) and tadelakt lime floors. I am teaching these methods to the community in order to reduce the use of concrete 🙂
Hi there.. So happy to see mud buildings around the world 🤗 just wanted to know if the bamboos used were treated before using for the building.. Is it ok not to treat the bamboo when its going inside the walls and covered with mud? Thanks in advance 🙏🏻😊
Hello! There are a few different traditions. 1 is they do not treat the bamboo, but it is the green bitter variety, so it has more resistance against termites. 2 is they did treat the bamboo traditionally by immersing it in the sea, which "pickled" it and preserved it, but that has not been done for a longgg time in Panama! In mud homes built in the last 20-40 years or so, they have used untreated bamboo. HOWEVER, I recommend treating the bamboo with borate/salt water OR raising the bamboo on to a stone base. This will ensure better protection!
Treatment with boric acid is probably the best diy way. Salt water is fine, but it takes a long time and if it comes in contact with metal, no good.
Where is final product ? Plz make finishing video home
Does the thickness of the mud walls have anything to do with the heat/humidity? I live in SETX, which is considered a subtropical region (great for growing bamboo!), so I’d love to learn more about this method of building. What would you say is the temperature difference between the interior and exterior?
Absolutely! The walls trap and release humidity and regulate heat. In Panama, the temperature is 90-100F outside but with a 6 inch mud wall, the interior is around 71F on those days! Without any AC, just the natural effect of the wall 😊
Love the building of the house. Have you noticed any termite damage? I'm considering building a home with adobe bricks when we move to Panama, and I'm concerned about how it may fare with terminates and the high humidity there. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks 😊
No damage but we definitely see them! You have to be very careful of all wood you use inside the house. I only use bitter cedar, corotu, macano, mahogany, africano, and teak. Teak needs a tung oil+citrus solvent treatment every 6 months or so, but no issues with the rest of the wood. We also cut during the 5 days before the new moon, which locals say prevents bug attraction. It seems to have worked!
@@turiyapanama sorry for the density... by "inside the house" you mean like furniture? Or do you mean like beams inside the structure.
@@PhoenixBeI everything! Even our furniture is mostly diy so we could select the wood that goes in the home. If you have any wood that is not the heart of wood, they will find it in this climate
@@turiyapanama so you're saying that if I build a home like you did it may get eaten by termites?
@PhoenixBeI my hime hasnt been eaten by termites. But we cant have cardboard around for example and have to make sure there is no bark left on any wood we use as this attracts them. You also need to use mature, not young, teak. Then youll have no problems
Is any natural straw good?
As long as it is sturdy like rice, wheat, or oat 😊
I like to construct something similar to this but my land is in a slam aret,i don't know what to do,any advice please?
I am not sure what you mean! what is slam area?
Great!!!!! Now do it in your country!!!!! ADIÓS!!
Mis piones depend on me for employment. Without me hiring them, they would have no work opportunities. Because of my projects (which I pay out of my own pocket), I am keeping my community fed. I also personally pay for my neighbors' medical expenses, am reforesting my corner of Azuero, and am preserving ancient building techniques that have been completely lost. Everyone in my community has told me they are grateful for my work here. Y que hace usted para su pais?
@@turiyapanama Ah. viene con complejo de superioridad anglosajona incluido... Más que usted seguro. Podrías probar hacer eso en casa sin sacarle la tierra a los locales.
@romanus4879 actually, la tierra de los locales esta sufriendo de uso excessivo de pesticidas y tambien poca lluvia/agua. So, I am helping to educate them on the importance of trees/organic farming systems because their crops are dying a d their health and wayer supply are suffering from excess chemicals. So if you have a problem, please come and talk to my neighbors and see what they think about me being here because they all have continuous regular work for the first time in their lives and are very grateful. Perhaps you should talk to my neighbor who has a disabled son who has been in a bed for 26 years. Ask her about the wheelchair I bought for her son so he can sit up for the first time in his life. Again, you speak very generically because of the color of my skin, even though my grandmother was mexicana indigena. It is a very uneducated generalization. You are allowed to help your neighbors if your skin is white. I didn't move here to help anyone, but since I do live here, why would I turn away people who are asking me for help? Even when I don't want to, like right after giving birth, I still organized work for my piones, even though I just had surgery. Again, instead of judging somebody doing something good for the community, go do something for your own community.
@@turiyapanama Espero seas consciente del daño que le hacen tus compatriotas a Hispanoamérica y por qué la gente tolera cada vez menos a los "expats".
@@romanus4879 claro entiendo todo eso. Pero todos los "expats" no son iguales. Hay unos haciendo trabajos necesarrios que el gobierno aca no hace, como rebosquear, pagando por gastos medicales, etc. Pero tiene razon que hay gente que se muda y aprovecha, o que piensan que les ayudan pero no es así. Hay que entender bien la comunidad, la cultura, la historia, y lo que necesita la gente de verdad. Para mis vecinos, les ofrezco ingresos estables, en trabajos que no destruyen la tierra ni tienen impactos negativos a la salud.