I am afraid to take the molding off for obvious reasons. But, now I got a 12'x25' chunk that came out, the only think holding it from falling is the molding around the widows. If you like this post, please subscribe to our blog via RSS or email. Plaster and an Adobe house I live in an adobe house and I get some bubbling here and there in the plaster and I can fix that. That is why I love the 145-year-old Magoffin Home it is intriguing and exciting. I continue to learn incredible things about the family, area, and building. The Magoffin Home is unique and endlessly fascinating. Intriguing: About every 10 years, you need to work on the adobe and the lime plaster that covers the adobe.Įxciting: This is year 10 in the maintenance cycle of the adobe Magoffin Home. Patching and Plastering - Plaster and an Adobe house - I live in an adobe house and I get some bubbling here and there in the plaster and I can fix that. Intriguing: If there is damage, you just remove some of the adobe, mix it with water, reshape the adobe into bricks, let them dry, and use them again.Įxciting: Since adobe melts, controlling rain and other sources of water is vital to the protection of the home.įact #4: Adobe buildings also have maintenance cycles like other buildings. You wouldn’t believe some of the shapes.Įxciting: The ability to mold the adobe also means that the walls, in addition to being slightly pyramid-shaped, can also have waves, lumps, and bulges built into the construction itself.įact #3: Adobe is also the ultimate recyclable building material. We have some incredibly formed recesses and niches for lighting, religious objects, or art in the home. You can make it take on almost any shape you want. Think about hanging wallpaper in a room like that.įact #2: Adobe-being clay, sand, and straw- is very shapeable when it is wet. The rooms are wider at the top than at the bottom.Įxciting: Wall-paperers hate to work in the building. Intriguing: The wider-at-the-bottom walls also means nothing in the building is square and true. Adobe walls are typically a little wider at the bottom than they are at the top-slightly pyramid shaped. To me, these key facts about the “adobe-ness” of the Magoffin Home are both intriguing and exciting.įact #1: The adobe walls are about two-and-a-half to three-feet thick, depending on where you are in the building. It is filled with amazing pieces that tell the story of a unique and fascinating family, city, and region. We believe the Magoffins got the clay from the property and sand from the river the Rio Grande is less than a mile away. I had never visited an adobe home before, much less an adobe mansion like the Magoffin Home.
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When I first arrived at the Magoffin Home State Historic Site almost three years ago, I was aware of adobe buildings from National Geographic magazine, TV history shows, and a wee bit I think I remembered from fifth-grade social studies. I thought I could just run down to the local pool supply store and get what I deeded - wrong - stuff at the pool supply store was junk and more expensing too.By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site The called Sider - make them your first call/order-better product-better results. I tried two different eazy-patch products that I ended up chipping out because they didn't adhere properly. Gary Opalewski from New Port Richey, FL United States William Green from Henderson, NV United StatesĬouldn't be more satisfied. Robert czernuch from LEESBURG, FL United StatesĮasy to mix, Easy to apply and worked well for patching problem areas. Donning work gloves, safety glasses and dust masks we grabbed our chisels and hammers and went to work. Let the fun begin The first step was to cover and protect the carpet and add a dust screen for the nasty work ahead. Worked well for patching cracks and divots As much as we love to do earth plaster on Adobe walls the concept was to just expose the adobe.
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