How to Build a Mud House? This is the first episode of our "How to build a Mud House?" series. The first part is preparing the mud bricks. We used over 1350 bricks to build this house. This mudhouse is a single room with a veranda, toilet and attic room that takes up a total size of 4mx8m (32sqm). Only 10% of the consturction uses concrete with another 10% used by metal for the roof structure. The remaining 80% is mud and rice husk.

The usual mixture is 1:1 for mud and rice husk. That means 1 sack of mud, and 1 sack of rice husk. This will ofcourse depend on the kind of mud you have. If your mud is too sandy, then you might have to add clay to it to make it stickier.

Once the mixture is mixed well by people walking all over the mud pit, then we trasnfer it into a ladder frame cast. It's easier to produce a big ladder frame, especially if your casting area is away from your mud pit. Remember, your casting area will need to get full sun. As the mud bricks need to be left there for 5-7 days.

Also as soon as your mud bricks are done, move them into a dry shaded area, as you dont want the rick husk to deteriorate on the inside. This will be key, as house construction will start only once you have enough bricks. So keeping your bricks safe is important. We stored our bricks for over 2 months before they were actually used.

During actual construction, all the bricks will soon be plastered for protection. An easy way to keep mud bricks is to simply cover them with black waterproof terpolin sheet (or any waterproof sheet). You can stack the mud bricks as high as human height, dont worry about the lower bricks cracking.

If you're into building mud houses then check out our other episodes

How to build a Mud house - Trailer
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How to Build the Foundation for a Mud House
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