Primitive Technique to Make Adobe Bricks
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2020
- Adobe is one of the most ancient building materials used in history. Primitive cultures made these earthen bricks thousands of years ago and many cultures still use adobe in construction. Adobe basically means mud brick in Spanish and was widely used in the southwest United States as well as many other parts of the world. My hut is constructed entirely of adobe bricks that I made from the surrounding earth. The hut is nearly three years old and has endured three rainy seasons, two of which more rain fell than usual. I have witnessed first hand the resilience of adobe as a construction material for small dwellings.
In this video I show you exactly how I make my adobe bricks. No special tools are required. Everything can be made from natural materials easily acquired in nature. This video is narrated so that I can describe the details to you so turn on sound or enable captions in your preferred language.
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):
Who films you?
I do. I travel alone, shoot, edit, upload, everything.
How many cameras do you use?
Usually I use just one camera. When I have underwater scenes then I also use a GoPro camera. I get different angles by moving the camera around and repeating the action to create a more cinematic viewing experience for the audience.
Where is this place?
In order to protect the integrity of the natural landscape I prefer to be very vague about the locations I use. There are places that I used to visit that were so beautiful and untouched but the consequences of social media brought all kinds of people to visit and sadly some people do not respect nature and have badly damaged these places. Therefore I do not share exactly where I go.
Do you workout?
Yes, I workout, but not in a gym. I have some weights that I use and also do a lot of bodyweight exercises. I also run and sometimes swim. I hike frequently do collect wild foods and to shoot these videos so I'm very active all the time.
Are you vegan or vegetarian?
I wish I could maintain my health on a primal diet that does not include animals but unfortunately that did not work and I ended up with health problems as a result of those attempts. From my studies, observations of nature, and personal experience I have come to believe that the best diet for optimal human health is a primal diet (paleo).
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My parents built a small adobe house in Paradox Colorado in 1977. I had to help by stomping the mud. At 9 years old, I felt I had better things to do with my time. Now that I look back, what a cool experience.
I would really like to do it again someday.
Did you guys seal the bricks?
@@JaguarPriest Yes, dad did.
For some reason, I did not expect his voice to sound like that.
Bit deeper, ej?
He isnt named "Chad" for nothing you know
It shouldn't be, he does speak in his older videos 😂
Same lol I expected a deep Australian accent
Same! Ahaha 😂
I remember when me and chad used to talk. And he’s is an amazing person in nature and in the Real world
Cool
So nature isn’t the Real world??
I hope you guys talk again
@@yarukaribana2652 The Real World is like NYC, as nature is the Amazon. It's like the difference between daily life and camping.
I dig the voice over! Having context for the various timeframes you are working in has really also made me appreciate how hard you work at this. This is amazing. Good job 👍
So, the dry grass is acting like rebar in concrete. This is an interesting process as to how bricks have been made for centuries. Keep up the great work. Cheers!
Fun fact: Rebar actually decreases the long-term durability of concrete. It's why Roman structures can still stand while bridges crack in just 10 years.
Rebar just increases the strength, or how much weight it can hold. A massive trade-off.
As we were building with LEGOs, I asked my 5 y/o grandson if he knew what an adobe brick was…fast forward to this awesome video! Enough dirt, digging, and mixing to satisfy him, without too much unnecessary detail. Hoping his other videos are a kid-friendly as this one was.
3 years - holy moly. I started to watch this channel around the making of the first part of the hut. This is a long time. Thanks for the content so far.
I love how simple and down to earth this guy is just not because of the ancient work he does very well, but man he got 1.5+ M subs and still reply most of cmts
You're a rad, rad man. Thank you for your time and teaching! You've added another layer of knowledge to my bushcrafting knowledge. Can't wait to learn more from you, brother.
I am planning on making an adobe chicken coup. I have learned so much from youtube channels, including this one. Thanks. I think it is going to be the most amazing chicken coup ever. I also need to learn from chicken experts to make it something that works for them.
I like your chanel more and more. This "primitive" technics gives you a sense of what you are doing.
Great video and teaching techniques, visual examples are the best. I love the voice over, narrative.
Hi Chad zuber nice video god blessed you
Hola Chad, saludos desde Huelva, España. Me encanta como esta quedando tu pequeño hogar primitivo. Veo tus videos desde hace dos años y los espero con mucha impaciencia. Espero que la pandemia no los afecte demasiado y puedas seguir construyendo tu sueño. Yo solo soy uno mas. Tu eres necesario para el planeta. Gracias por ser tan buen humano. Gracias por amar tu paisaje. Te dejo mi like como siempre, o eso creo.
Great video again. And I bet - no, I know - kneading the mud is extremely satisfying.
Ok, I tell:
When the 2019s winter storm hit the forrest near our garden, some trees fell down and (it is birch and pine) the roots were lifted up so the earth opens like a mouth. 20 cm below surface started a layer of almost pure yellow to beige clay. And I digged 2 buckets of this earth and strained it with water in our garden until I had 1 bucket full of pure, fine clay. I mixed it with old hardened clay-dust and made tiny bricks out of it for my son to play with, like Lego. They are super strong and fun to play with.
If you read the full story, have a nice day and a pleasant week.
Woooow que trabajada pero que bonitos quedan me imagino que la choza es fresca felicitaciones Chad 😁🌎🌴
Thanks for the sharing your knowledge
Hello
Super nice chad! And nice filming and editing too!
So glad you made this video, I commented a couple months ago that I am making a hut similar to your project. There is only 2 layers of bricks on it, and I’ve covered it for the upcoming snow. I hope it holds up throughout winter so I can resume building. Wish me luck! :)
Good luck 👍🏻
@@sandoxt Thanks :) its still around after multiple rainstorms with no cover
Wow
Ya me distes muchas ideas para mi refugio y seguir sobreviviendo nomas hay q salir del área del comfort
Chad Zuber, Ph.D! I really love your teaching videos Chad. You've done them off and on for years and I've always found them particularly interesting and informative :)
You really know how to be one with nature man and those bricks are going to hold for a very longtime too
Epicoooooo!
Yes
Love This Knowledge❤💙🖤🦋
Wow amazing video! Good job
Fantastic!!! Thx for the knowledge
Hi I support you
👍
Excelente 👏👏👏 me dio ganas de hacer ladrillos
Amazing skills aside, for a moment... you have a really wonderful voice! Lovely to listen to!
Lel
Really feel like watching a discovery channel💚😍
Much love from Srilanka🌳🍀🌴💚🇱🇰
Great video and pictures
I love your actions every your video make me stronger
Really informative, great mix of spoken parts and such without voice
Éste men es excelente 👌👌
El proceso fué muy interesante
narration nice!!
The only "Adobe" product which comes without a subscription
Hahaha! Good one.
I'm glad to see someone using something besides straw. I want to only use stuff from the wild or that I made/grew myself, and I haven't grown any grain to harvest straw from. This gives me confidence that I am doing this right by using dried grass. Btw, if anyone is trying this, don't use lawn clippings. Pick some long grass. You'll need fibers at least 6". If you use lawn clippings, you're going to be like "Darn. That guy in the UA-cam comments was right."
Also, cattail leaves are kind of unweildly in the mix due to their bredth and trying to tear them lengthwise doesn't work too great and they aren't really that strong. I prefer dry long grass. I have yet to experiment with other fibers, but some could be way better. But probably grass is the best combination of convenience and quality.
Good work👍👍👍
Amazing
Can't wait for Adobe photoshop
Waaw amazing !
I love your videos!
Chad Zuber wauuu Adobe q trabajo Good
Very interesting and informative Video! 👌
I bet that he always got an A+ in arts and crafts
He was the kid who always played with mud.
Agreed
I love the video..
Man! I don't know where you film these videos, but it has to be close to where I live because all the plants and animals are the same. I thought primitive technology videos were only possible to make in places like southeast Asia. You've proven me wrong. Thank you a lot for making me appreciate my environment! You gained yourself a subscriber.
I felt the same way!! I’ve been looking for videos like this. I want to build some things on the property, but I want to do it in a way that is more natural to my environment. He could have filmed this video in my backyard!!
Awesome
I really like Your Videos Bro Keep it
What’s up brother long time no see I’ve been working hard in Texas Jungle woods hunting and surviving off the land!
very nice creative
Good Job.
hey dude im your fan from philippines 🇵🇭🔥 keep it up
🌹السلام عليكم.. ❤️كيف الحال يا صديقي العزيز اجمل تحياتي لك ولمتابعيك في جميع بقاع العالم تحيه من العراق العظيم اتمنا لك التوفيق ونجاح الدائم
Nice!
Cool!
When chad blow away the dust from brick i blink 😅
Wonderful Video! Thank you so much! Our 4th Grade Classroom wants to say Thanks!! Mr. Alvarez YHE GISD NM!
Muy buen video
Rock on brother 😎🤙
wow this helps so much i was wondering how you made all the bricks for thre adobe hut
Well, I like what you do
Твой голос прекрасный по чаще снимай видео, смотрю с радостью =)
Nice 👍 Bro
I like your video greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Chad😍😍😍 i miss you so much❤❤❤
for some reason after watching the videos I get hungry
Hi
Eat worms
عمل جميل 👍🌹🌹
Very cool, grettings from chile chad
Genial
WoW is amazing how
Nice
I've seen you do all this...and been 3 yrs?!?,damn how time flys, love the step by step tutorial, can we see how you made your primitive wheight set,sure same concept, but how did you get the wheights round
hi i came from un poco de todo jaja pero ya habia visto antes tus videos
Tenho fé q um dia vou dar muito orgulho pra minha família 🙏🙏🙏 Deus abençoe a vida de vcs todos 🙏🙏🙏
Dobry film polecam
Saludos desde Chile
Chad ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Orales Chad !! Las redondas también las hiciste tú ?!! Te quedaron geniales ❤️
Great video as always, Question how did you manage to go out to nature like that? its really amazing and I will love to do the same. Peace and love ✌✌❤❤ from gazer gazer ☀️☀️☀️
CHAD !! a few hot scenes PLEASE !!!!!!
Tu voz esta chida 👍🏻
Just awesome sir and I m expecting replay from you......and try to make something...I m a village girl I know this procedure...
Will you make another "Snake Island Adventure" type series again? I loved those videos alot
So when you made your first brick, did you have something to mold it or did you have to use your hands?
We’re you riding on a horse yesterday near conejos? Near the tracks? Saw a man that resembled you. Perhaps a doppelgänger 🤔 Love your content!
Is replacing the dry grass with smashed sagebrush okay?
Excelente video instructivo amigo #Chad,creo que ya comente en algun video anterior de la choza,pero hace unos años en una crisis de argentina no habia trabajo y me dedique a trabajar en los hornos de ladrillos,basicamente se hacia la mezcla en un corral de palos enorme llamado "Pisadero",con tierra negra parcialmente arcillosa,una parte de pasto o paja seca y excremento de caballo seco al sol,luego se moja un poco y luego saliamos a caballo a buscar los potros salvajes en el monte de la propiedas y los encerrabamos ahi dentro,uno de nosotros tambien se quedaba adentro y los hacia correr para que pisoteen el material y lo mezclen bien,luego retirabamos los caballos y se empezaba a sacar el material en carretillas de madera y a "Cortarlos" en los moldes,se preparaba un lugar nivelado y limpio llamado "cancha" es ahi donde se desmoldaban y dejaban secar por dias primero de un lado y luego del otro,para finalizar el secado se armaban torres de un metro y se dejaban unos dias mas,a eso los llamamos ADOBES,despues se arma el horno con unos 10 mil o 20 mio adobes y en la base se dejan lo que se llama bocas que van de un extremo al otro del horno con forma cuadrada,se cubre con barro y se enciende fuego en cada boca, toda la noche lo alimentabamos con leñá por horas y horas hasta que se deja enfriar(Suele estar hasta 24 horas para enfriarse por completo)Se desarma y se apila para vender..
Un trabajo terrible!
0:51 i thought he was peeing 😂
Очень круто
if the bricks get damaged badly would u use clay to fix it or u replace it?
Pregunta cada cuanto tiempo vas a la ciudad o alguien los sube por ti los vídeos
Inside must be the creative cloud
عمل متاز 🇯🇴🇯🇴
i like chanel you, i am from indonesiaaa
clever jig
What kind of wood are you using for your digging stick?
I will do it
You can add ash and/or sawdust to the mixture to make it even stronger.
That's interesting! Why is that?
👍👍👍
Can you use any soil?