Mud Talks 15-3: Preserving Earthen Architecture - Capillary Action, Permeability & Salt Attack

With Mud Talks 15-3 we continue a special eight-part miniseries dedicated to the topic of preserving earthen architecture. In this third episode of the series we speak to Pat Taylor, Historic Preservation Specialist & General Contractor followed by Eric Liefeld, President of Mesilla Valley Preservation, Inc. We speak about capillary action, permeability and salt attack – including sources, processes and effects of deterioration.

Resources & Further Reading:

Adobe Conservation - A Preservation Handbook pp. 51 to 56
by Cornerstones Community Partnerships (Author), Francisco Uviña Contreras (Illustrator)
Publisher: Sunstone Press (August 15, 2006)
ISBN-13: 978-0865345270
https://www.cstones.org/books

Pozzolans for Lime Mortars
by Pat Gibbons
https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/pozzo/lime-pozzolans.htm

Hot Mixed Lime & Traditional Mortars: A Practical Guide to Their Use in Conservation and Repair
by Nigel Copsey (Autor)
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd (July 1, 2019)
ISBN-13: 978-1785005558

Mesilla Valley Preservation, Inc. Website
http://mvpres.org

Salts of the Earth: When Salts Attack!
https://youtu.be/ntPbiZOnpGg

The Mud Talks Preserving Earthen Architecture series is brought to you in collaboration with Cornerstones Community Partnerships and is made possible by the support of the US Department of the Interior, National Park Service and a National Center for Preservation Technology & Training grant.