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Mud Mortar Experiment and Firing Roof Tiles

I tried building wall from fired bricks mortared together with mud rather than ash cement due to the mud being easier to produce, especially in the wet season when fire is difficult to produce. The wall initially survived heavy rain as it was being built but eventually collapsed near completion, likely to being built too fasts before the layers could dry. If I try again in future, I'll wait a day between layers and only build in dry weather, though this experiment showed that this method will survive heavy rain up to over a meter in wall height. Next I continued on from the last video and successfully fired the roof tiles in the new kiln. The ash was pelletised to make ash cement for future use. Then I made a new batch of tiles and some bricks as well for the next firring. Hopefully the weather dries up soon so I can build a permanent workshop for the next wet season.

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  • Originally Aired May 7, 2026
  • Runtime 25 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created May 23, 2026 by
    Budorah
  • Modified May 23, 2026 by
    Budorah