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One week down, and a whole lot of progress has been made. The Nahuatl master builders are fantastic, and have impressed Don with their craftsmanship. The walls are just over 60% of the height needed for this stage of the build. Being so far ahead of the game, we’re starting to plan other tasks for the rest of the time we contracted these guys: a retaining wall and drainage system, an outhouse, moving extra adobes off the build site, and burying our cistern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don and I had to work hard this week to keep up with the builders’ progress, but we just<\/em> managed to get the concrete lintels done ahead of when they will be needed. Curing is going a bit slowly, but they should be ready by Monday. We received a dump truck load of sand and gravel this week (along with several other things); the dumping mechanism broke on the road in, so we had to unload by hand – several hours’ grueling work with shovels!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This next week, we anticipate the arrival of two truckloads of wood – which then needs to be sprayed for termite protection, then stacked and stickered. As well, we’ll start making forms for the concrete columns which will join the various wall sections… and see if we can’t get the first four feet of height started in at least some of those gaps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily build photos will (generally!) still go up near midday on our house construction status page<\/a>. Let’s see what God does this week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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