This Mud Brick house has been a labor of
love over many years (and its still goes on!). But there is something
great in having built it yourself (with lots of help!). My house is built
over the ruins of an earth house built last century. It is located in a
valley with the remains of several earth houses built last century by
Cornish slate miners. In the 40+ years I have been engaged in this venture I have planted thousands of trees. Those trees in turn have seeded even more trees, so the valley that in 1980 was essentially bare is now mostly full of trees..
I extended the
house using Cob for the walls. I repaired one wall with Cob successfully -
so I thought I would go further.
For information on the Willunga Slate
quarries (one of which I live near ) look
here
Pictures of
the Mud Brick House being built - click on the thumbnails for a larger
view.
The stacks of bricks made
The foundations poured.
They were poured over two days, mixed in several concrete mixers.
Building the frame. The
timber was Jarrah and Kauri from and old Wool Store in Port Adelaide
Mixing the mud mortar for
laying the bricks
Laying the bricks, which I
always thought was the easiest and most fun
Extending the roof
Still working on the roof
The house view thru the
trees
Looking away from the house
into the valley
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Building the Cob wall to replace the existing Timber framed wall (click on the photo for a larger view)
Building the Cob wall to replace the existing Timber framed wall (click on the photo for a larger view) 
Building Scaffold to fix the walls and roof 
The house in the valley taken in 2020 
