San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 129
glance ormake sure of his results by experimentingbefore the actual work on the job begins. One of the advantages of using adobe liesin the fact that it may be taken from thesite of the house itself. Usually it is foundto be more expensive than other forms ofbuilding material when the cost of… … November. 1929 ARCHITECT AND ELNGINEER, 41 In the preparation of ad(jbe, water is al-lowed to run for several hours on the site,and after the ground has been thoroughlysoaked the workmen chop the surface withi^oes. About six inches of the surface isthus thoroughly puddled and shoveled intopiles for…
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