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ReplyDeleteREPOST FOR EDITS! Geez... I wish Blogger comments had an edit feature... 😕
ReplyDeleteAdobe - although not my particular choice of style or substance for a building material, is a skill of a dying art that will be sorely missed when it is gone.
Speaking with other old home restoration enthusiasts that I know who reside out in the Southwest part of the US (Arizona, New Mexico, East side of Southern California), they are telling me that finding artisans to repair and restore adobe homes and other structures is getting harder and harder; the lack of constant work has forced them into other mediums such as brick, stucco and concrete. For restoration projects, many times project managers are forced to "import" artisans (sometimes from several hundred miles away) for projects. Even when they can find them, their pricing is several times higher than those for restoration projects of wood, brick or other legacy materials which can made the restoration project unfeasible.
Adobe is *not* the same as stucco (it's like comparing apples and oranges!); it has it's own beauty and properties that make it ideal for those environments and requires a specific set of skills to work it effectively. It will be a sad day when the only option for classic adobe structures needing restoration will either be bad, clumsy patch jobs or razing them to the ground.
RBrysco - Yeah and edit for comments would be nice. Thanks for the info on adobe.
DeleteImage 2- Une Nissan Figaro dans un charmant village d’Angleterre :)
ReplyDelete20,000 exemplaires de la Figaro ont été fabriques entre 1989 et 1991. Fait partie du phénomène des kei-voitures au Japon.
-Beau Mec à Deauville