Primitive Technology: Mud Bricks

Cutting timber
Stuck on branches
Measuring 50 cm
Splitting wood with stone chisel
Carving tenons (a type of carpentry joint)
The two ends of the mold
Carving mortises
Assembling mold
Lashing with cane to hold it together
Clearing weeds
Water
Digging mud pit
Palm fiber stops mud cracking as it dries
Forming a brick
Setting out bricks to dry
Stacking semi dry bricks
Making half bricks by cutting with bark fiber string
140 bricks were made
Assembling bricks into a kiln
Fire box level
Ware chamber level
Plastering kiln with mud
Making fire
Drying out kiln
Ash
Making tiles from mud (not clay)
30 tiles drying
Tiles in kiln
Covering with broken tiles
Half an hour in
1 hour
1.5 hours
2 hours
2.5 hours
3 Hours
Finished. Closing up kiln (stops cold air getting in)
The next day
Stones in the tile melted slightly due to the heat
The mud was high in sand and silt so there were 7 broken tiles
They can be used as grog next time
Tiled roof over kiln
Brick and mold
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Primitive Technology: Mud Bricks

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