Rainy Day at the Adobe Hut

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My adobe hut is basically made of dirt bricks. A lot of people express concern about it's durability in the rain. We are in the middle of the rainy season and other than a few minor leaks in the roof very little water enters. The great advantage of adobe is that it is porous therefore after the rains it will dry.

The biggest mistake I made with the construction of this adobe hut was failing to build a rock foundation higher than the surrounding earth. The ground around the hut is so saturated with rain water that the floor has become damp as a result. After the rainy season ends then it will dry out naturally and remain dry through the summer months.

In this video I also make a simple contraption to collect rain water for drinking and I make a torch out of beeswax and cattail fluff.

Camera: Nikon D7200
Audio: Zoom H4N
Editing: Final Cut Pro X on MacBook Air
Location: Undisclosed

Music credit:
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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