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ecting about one-half inch. The Mexicansclaim this only makes a good plaster curtain hanging in front—thatthere is no actual contact. The courses, as I do it, are laid in mud only—a mortar mix wouldbe better but more expensive. The mortar then would be squeezed outfrom between the bricks and fomi a… … fe^^r^Si^ ADOBE HOUSE lOII MR. JEAN IRVINEJohn Byers, Designer and Builder some good water proofing in the mixing. My Mexicans make the oldSpanish floor and roof tiles also by hand, and can reproduce the old timeovens and chimneys made entirely of adobe. One has only to look at the old Missions to…
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