Adobe Home Construction

Concise how to video on adobe home construction. Secret tips and info from two of the most respected builders in Taos, N.M. Learn from their experience and pride as this father/son team narrate the steps needed to build a beautiful and efficient adobe home. Contact them at [e-mail] or call 575-770-4940. The song, Bony Fingers by Legend (1980) was picked by Keith Loveless. Thank you Keith and Tyler. . . . . . Check out my new video called, Pueblo Style Frame Construction, for a different perspective...

[@maryannmorrissey4522]

Keith and Tyler designed and built our beautiful 2 bed/2bath Adobe home in El Prado, New Mexico in 2017. We had so much fun with this project, fascinated by this method of construction, use of solar with how the home was set on the lot and the step to step operation of Keith and Tyler and their long standing amazing crew!Our house is so comfortable, year round with little to no maintenance. We enjoy cool summers with only fan use, warm winters and views every day of the surrounding mountains. Very grateful we chose Keith and Tyler and Adobe Home Construction.

[@plebeian_egalitarian]

Beautiful and high quality, that home should last hundreds of years if properly cared for. I would love to have a custom adobe home about this size built someday.

[@mayrarios8442]

My grandfathers home in Mexico was made of adobe, these were considered houses for the poor 😂. However, in the US only the wealthy can afford them unless they can build their own. 😮

[@federicoeco9030]

Pero estas casas le ponen mucho material sintético! Una verdadera casa de adobe no se pone foam por afuera, y no lleva estuco con alambre ! Se usa el estuco de tierra.

[@juanramos.jr.7948]

Absolutely gorgeous! True Masters of their trade!!

[@patriciareyes1108]

Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge with the rest of the world!!! We appreciate it!

[@adelaferreira4575]

Amazing building that is century’s old,adobe homes are so well insulated ,cool in summer and warm in winter,great project !

[@back2basics597]

Such a beautifully constructed house.

[@Daffodil956]

Professional work...superb thanks for uploading.

[@markfcoble]

Excellent, thanks. Love my adobe home.

[@123mememe]

So beautiful and a lot of hard work.

[@nomer5819]

very professional. lots of experience in that build. Thanks for the video

[@ripKIKO-vj8ti]

Thank you immensely for sharing this valuable knowledge. By doing this you contribute to keeping the trade alive.

[@HistoricHomePlans]

Hello to the Reeves family! This is a wonderful video. I have dreams of building a small adobe house, perhaps a few years from now. I must find a way to come to Taos and see your work. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@dontbeadrone]

Exquisitely executed!

[@lauraleebrick8133]

Beautiful masterpiece!

[@edithmichelle1028]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing. I just purchased a 108 year old Sonoran Adobe home.

[@LocoColombiano35]

Edith Michelle just out of curiosity how much do homes like these go for?

[@rukus100821]

115k to IV seen 800k in New mexico

[@JohnCunninghamTeam]

New Mexico is still my favorite state. We lived in SF as kids. When our family moved to Phoenix my dad eventually bought a big older home that needed a full renovation. It was an old home built of masonry blocks. My dad hire three brothers fro SF to come up and remodel the home. The interior walls were finished with diamond plaster. They added some vigas to the home too. Those guys were there on that job for over 6 months. The results were stunning. Anyhow, it was fun watching your fantastic video

[@sonnybadyal7767]

Great video on Adobe house construction.

[@nomeremannthetameruinkhan]

You Guy's do good work. Your making America Great. Thank You and I hope We can work together soon.

[@alexzabala2154]

This is one of the best videos ever on how an Adobe home is made. The double insulation idea of adding foam insulation for improving thermal quality is the proper way to do it. I've watched this video many times!!!!

[@Eljaguarcito1]

Wow, it come out very nice...👏🏼

[@KirkMatthewsMusic]

Love to see this !! Looking good Tyler 👊🏼 great family, great people, great builders !!!

[@SergioGonzalez-qo8qb]

Do you have info on how I can contact them?

[@josevarela2348]

Beautiful work 👏

[@Happy-uy5wc]

My goodness that's a beautiful home. It looks like it will last 1000 years or more. I wish I could have one. 😊

[@rogeliormz7719]

Admirable manera de construcción la vi muy rápido pero muy completa me pareció que es Adobe crudo de 10 30 40 no aprecie el pegamento Si es arena y cemento o es arcilla? Muy térmico Felicidades

[@blairvigil1633]

Very Nice I need a home built but want it poured instead with 10 to 12 percent epoxy with 2 ft walls and 30 inch foundation.. my Great grandparents home still stands and has been occupied ever since its construction in the 1800s with traditional build.. good job gentlemen...

[@vivalaleta]

Adding plastic to the mix is a terrible idea.

[@JDog-tn8we]

Thanks for making this video!

[@mattwernecke2342]

A basic process made complex. Thanks. I get to do this by myself

[@firstname-qq3xp]

Probably to meet code.

[@jimbrown2350]

Gorgeous! Adobe is great. Especially if the materials are available locally. Here in central Texas, not so much. Maybe using cedar…a lot…..A LOT of cedar. Maybe limestone too.

[@josiet.2661]

BEAUTIFUL ❤❗️

[@hap5215]

Beautiful job 👍

[@11herbsandspices]

Beautiful!

[@ramlinshoes]

Beautiful job

[@moondog573]

beautiful house.

[@pedropereira8924]

Very nice; thanks for sharing

[@michaelescoto1517]

Awesome video

[@MicaAkullian]

you guys are awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@jimwilleford6140]

WOW. Amazing.

[@GodseyKnives]

exellent craftsmanship

[@eliodiroaguilar4115]

Great Job

[@davidm.m.5484]

our house was made with this material/adobe , and during the war it used to stop the M16 bullets , besides it keep the house cool during the hot summer.

[@td8383]

Beautiful, thanks so much guys. On the interior, I want to get the same look in a tiny house I'm building. I don't think mud will work bc the house is on wheels and the mud will probably crack from moving around. What's the best way to get a similar look? Should I just do a plywood ---> skip trowel ---> paint?

[@war2030]

Bravo 👏 👏 very cool..

[@wootwoot5032]

Beautiful

[@ML-rm3vk]

Sir great video very informative.its very nice to see your surname I have the same in my ancestry.

[@sunnyamericana2230]

I never knew that adobe homes had so many layers of material in the walls, I always just thought it was mud and straw😄this was a great video. Nice job👍

[@tonyv1505]

If you want to do it legally those without proper foundation and beans above the windows and doors are consider illegal and the city code inspector can and will harassed you all the time and even shut you down and make you tare it down threaten you with big fines just days ago building codes were finally approved nation wide for adobe homes which is a good thing because no more harassments no more fines live legally they only ask of a few things like a solid foundation footing & drainage like a foot of stone wall or concrete on top of footing then adobe after that as long as you top it again with concrete at the very top also beam wood above windows and doors proper plumbing's electrical wiring and septic tank i probably miss a few things I'm no contractor just someone who's dreaming of building an adobe home and doing some research in the matter here's the link for the adobe code regulations www.iccsafe.org/building-safety-journal/bsj-technical/cob-code-appendix-approved-for-the-2021-irc/

[@sunnyamericana2230]

@@tonyv1505 thank's. That's interesting. Iove adobe homes, they are so beautiful. I was raised in New Mexico and lived in one in Santa Fe.

[@tonyv1505]

@@sunnyamericana2230 I grew up in the mountains in Puerto Rico our house was concrete then I decided to come live in the US, it wasn't until after the internet that I saw a Spanish style home i believe it was in Mexico that I fell in love with, I didn't know it was made with Adobe I just loved everything about it it wasn't until a few years ago when Adobe homes started becoming more popular that I realized that the Spanish style homes I fell in love with was actually made with Adobe ofcourse I called it mud homes the Adobe name never got stuck in my head lol I also realized back in the days way back here in the US homes were actually made with Adobe too, I should have paid more attention in history class lol. Alright you have a great day

[@wolfy1987]

The older style ones are mainly built of just adobe with plaster over it on a stone foundation I believe. I think they overcomplicated it a little. You don't really need all that mesh and insulation. The adobe itself is a very good insulator already, and the mesh just adds a bit of strength to the plaster.

[@pedropereira8924]

Thank you very much!

[@robertsontirado4478]

Awesome.

[@upoutandaway]

Very cool ty

[@darrellmoerch8733]

Great video. How do you go about hanging pictures etc., on the walls?

[@EfrainMcshell]

NICE!!!

[@user-gs5yi3jz1i]

Thanks you so much

[@HistoricHomePlans]

Are you able to use a lime stucco rather than cement stucco on the exterior?

[@nabeelkhalil1312]

Awesome

[@kezzatries]

A good mix or old and new construction methods to meet codes

[@MichaelJanzen]

Hi Tim. Who designed your home? It's beautiful.

[@chido77]

Would you be able to tell me how much time it took your team to build this home or similar homes? Thanks 😊

[@adisam4116]

That's so beautiful. There you will have a thousand year home.

[@nadakodsia2635]

عمل راائع و متقن بجودة عالية، شكرا على هذا الفيديو الممتع... You did a fantastic job, what a great house, Thank you so much for sharing 👌👏👏👏👏

[@jaggiguru3127]

Nyc place

[@lunaluxaz]

Can I turn my window into a door? I have a header that might have rot in it? I am in AZ & have a southwest adobe home

[@tmfl8686]

I'm currently getting things ready for a home. Can I know the rough estimate for this home in the video?

[@nicolasbyakatonda7566]

Wow!

[@LuisSoto-bx7ey]

Nice video guys, do you build in California…?

[@robertethridge9639]

I've been thinking of moving to NM do you guys need more help building . I would love to learn this trade

[@mrcwoodworks4523]

Very similar how they build many house in Sonora Mexico

[@harvdog5669]

Can I use wet Adobe inside my existing outer walls in my man cave of a shed ??? This might be a lot cheaper then regular insulation, I don't know. I am on a budget.. I can leave it to breath for a long time to make sure it is dry. There is a roof and exterior T-111 on the outside right now.

[@donnamount151]

Do u not make ur own bricks from the land?

[@yeseneatrejo2285]

How much will a small adobe home comeout to be

[@flintcityhc1524]

How does the cost compare to what folks in rhe north or east might call modern materials?

[@SerpentineUsurper]

Amazing work. I’d love to learn to build like you. Australia has got to be the hottest place on earth. Do you run workshops or can you have me on site for a fee? Peace

[@tonyv1505]

I wish people could add how much did this cost to build I would love to have an idea about how much

[@michelled9902]

I would like to know how to hang things on these walls inside since there are no studs. Does it act like a concrete?

[@firstname-qq3xp]

Masonry screws

[@jovelasquez89]

My grandma's house in mexico is built like that with the vigas

[@extraNaz]

I prefer this house to an earthship

[@goldenrule3264]

Do you guys travel to abq ??

[@jizeldagalvao3126]

What would be the estimate price for the building of this house?

[@GPCster]

You don't mortar the head joints?

[@bjornsulzbach1820]

@TimReevesVideo Hello there, could you tell me why you lay the adobe bricks without joints between them left and right? thanks

[@TimReevesVideo]

Can someone answer this for me?

[@bjornsulzbach1820]

In traditional bricklaying we obsess to make sure all joints are formed full because of airtightness etc I was just surprised to see that it was here of less importance. Having render on both sides should make the structure airtight and weatherproof enough it seems....

[@michaelescoto1517]

How much something like that run...

[@EDI99]

Good good good thing you

[@ode-kmurphytv9629]

Please can you do a clip about roof system

[@paulo7200]

That's some old world craftsmanship !

[@lighthouserockpodcast3858]

Can this be used up north ? Say Connecticut

[@Elsanta666]

Whats the cost of an Adobe house vs conventional material?

[@eeforest7122]

do they have a youtube channel?

[@lamh5265]

Are you still building? How are found?

[@michaelsena8646]

You must be building in El dorado new Mexico

[@markfinn4811]

Song name?

[@gin2x]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kenschoolman692]

the video said you used 2500 bricks to build the house. I assume that number was a mistake. what is the normal amount of bricks to build a 1400 sq ft house? around 5000? 6000? 7000? Want to build an adobe but would like a real number for bricks . Thanks

[@ismailahidjo4282]

You got the number mate

[@eric123426]

Can I come volunteer with you guys? Please?

[@tonylama2012]

I'm from NM are you hiring. I like to learn

[@jameslyons1661]

❤

[@extraart1]

Could this type of construction be used in the south-east U. S. Would it stand up to the rain?

[@tonicampos46]

Most all houses in Arizona are built like this. So yeah. I think it will last with the heat and the rain. Lol

[@RVBadlands2015]

Not on the east coast too much humidity. This type of building is for arid climates.

[@user-gy2cb2rt4y]

Maybe I missed it, but how much does it cost for one of these? I'm from NM, so I know how expensive stuff is there... it's one of the most expensive states in the country.

[@federicoeco9030]

Come to South America

[@angel27639]

you’re actually kidding NM is the third poorest state in the US…

[@AltivatedElement]

I hope this is a joke. I love new mexico but its broke af. Come to arizona and california, really any of the four corner states next to you and see how broke new mexico is. Its so cheap over there i love traveling through cause everything is cheap except taos

[@alexzabala2154]

What is your official website??

[@eeforest7122]

what camera do you use?

[@TimReevesVideo]

Sony HD

[@multimossad]

Really not sure if the foam and chiken wire are needed , the adobe is already an insulating material and adobe plaster stick perfectly to adobe bricks

[@micahasher7600]

Even professionally done Adobe will fall off without mesh over time and will need more maintenance

[@KT-bg7hf]

Adobe is not insulating; its thermal mass retains or radiates heat but does not insulate. The builders are wise to add a layer of insulation on the outside of the adobe.

[@SergioGonzalez-qo8qb]

How can I get in touch with you guys

[@meadmaker4525]

I wonder what the cost differential is between building an adobe home like this versus using more modern materials (wood, cinder block, drywall, etc)? Cheaper? More expensive? I've heard horror stories from people in Marfa, Texas whose corrupt politicians have decided to attack owners of homes made with adobe with gross over-valuation and skyrocketing property taxes, making it almost impossible for people to build or live in adobe homes there, even if they've been there for generations. Hope nothing like this is going on in New Mexico.

[@b1gbuni]

I believe the materials themselves.. mostly adobe is more affordable, but the labor makes it more expensive. I heard about Marfa. I hope that doesn't happen in NM. I live in a 100+ year old large, territorial adobe and the taxes would ruin us.