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HEY GUYS, TAKE A BREAK, I NEED TO TALK
ABOUT FRAME WALLS HERE !!!
FRAME WALLS IN AN ADOBE HOME ?
AS A DESIGNER/BUILDER OF ADOBE HOMES, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT ALWAYS COMES UP. WITH MY DESIGNERS HAT ON, I TRY TO DESIGN A HOME THAT WILL HAVE THE " FEEL" OF AN ADOBE HOME. I TRY TO KEEP ALL THE EXTERIOR WALLS ADOBE, AS WELL AS MOST OF THE INTERIOR
WALLS IN THE MAIN AREAS SUCH AS THE LIVING ROOM, FAMILY ROOM, DINING ROOM, ENTRY, AND MASTER BEDROOM. BUT TO SAVE ON FLOOR SPACE AND COSTS I TRY TO MAKE THE MAIN PLUMBING WALLS, THE HALLWAYS AND THE CLOSET WALLS FRAME.
PART OF THE BEAUTY, OF AN ADOBE HOME IS HOW QUIET IT IS INSIDE. NOT JUST FROM OUTDOOR NOISE, BUT FROM INDOOR NOISE AS WELL. EACH ROOM IS ISOLATED FROM THE OTHER BY THE ADOBE WALLS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES AN ADOBE
HOME STAND OUT. BUT THE RATIO OF FRAME WALLS TO ADOBE
WALLS REALLY DEPENDS ON THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE HOME.
WITH MY BUILDER'S HAT ON, SOME WALLS CAN'T BE ANYTHING
BUT ADOBE OR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRETY OF THE HOME WILL
BE COMPROMISED.
YOU CAN ATTACH A FRAME WALL TO AN ADOBE WALL, BUT YOU
CAN'T ATTACH AN ADOBE WALL TO A FRAME WALL.
ALSO AS A BUILDER, I HAVE BUDGETS TO DEAL WITH. MAKING EVERY WALL INSIDE THE HOME OUT OF ADOBE IS SOMETIMES JUST TO COSTLY.
ANYWAY, IF THE DESIGNER DID HIS HOME WORK, YOU WON'T NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE. AND THE HOME WILL BE WITHIN THE BUDGET.
OK GUYS, WAKE UP....YOU CAN GO BACK TO WORK NOW !!!
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