Originally posted by july
Hi
I was just wondering if anyone has any experience building mud brick houses
I've just finished drawing one.
For the technical details you will need a couple of books,
The Building Code of Australia references to
CSIRO Bulletin 5 "Earth Wall Construction"
this is pretty much the bible.
A newer book by Standards Australia is
HB195 "The Australian Earth Building Handbook".
This practically (although not officially) replaces Bulletin 5 as it covers the subject in much greater depth and even includes a number of the same diagrams.
These books don't deal in the architectural style of earth wall, they are strictly of a technical nature, such as:-
soil composition, wall slenderness & lengths, bond beams, lintels, footings etc.
Regards,
Kim