I'd rather build my house with my own earth than go into debt [video]

Re:I'd rather build my house with my own earth than go into ... by zo1 on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:53AM (#37927385)

I think a bag of cement would go a very long way for making mortar for a rock wall. Why make bricks when you can just use rocks and stick them together with a little bit of cement.

Bricks were made for uniformity so you could have it as a known quantity and spit them out of an assembly line. If you're making bricks, you've already lost this game.

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Re:I'd rather build my house with my own earth than go into ... by h0l0cube on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:10AM (#37927513)

The video at 6:11 briefly touches on making mortar and stone construction (along with visuals):

> binding material or mortar should be of the same constituency as the brick or stone white gypsum and sand mortar go well with sandstone mortar made of lime clay and sand is suitable for our newly developed mud bricks

https://youtu.be/f_q1pYl80pc?si=sP1GwbWT3UfFVsBW&t=371

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