The Wall: Ordinary mud (80% murum
& 20% BC soil or clayey soil) is used to make 230 mm thick walls using tile
faced mud blocks of 100 mm thick and filling the masonry joints with cement
pointing. The mud block wall is rain proof and rodent proof. This is to be
noted that there is no need to press or ram or concrete or add any other
binding material in these bocks.
The mud blocks are made using 230
mm X 230 mm wood or steel mould in which facing tile is kept on one side and
then it is filled with mud mix by hands. If required inner surface of the wall
can also be tiled. For internal walls mud blocks of 300 X 230 thick are made
without facing tiles for which appropriate moulds are used. All these materials
are locally available and the villagers can make the blocks themselves. For a
villager house of 250-sqft only three days labour is required for block making.
Each block costs very less money.