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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Thatch is one of the best roofing material. Why spend millions importing decra roof from new zealand when you can have a nice roof using thatch?  
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Our mud huts should have evolved with the times and we wouldnt have a housing problem. Part of the blame should go to out architects and engineers. Also mzungu taught us to hate anything african aka shenzi. 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/8/2013 Posts: 2,517
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@hardwood We no longer have good quality thatch. Appreciably most resorts and hotels use makuti and such thatch the traditional sources in the village have dwindled. Mabati is a sign of development in the village. Make a lot of noise when it rains thought in the absence of ceiling and soundproofing. Nyasi on the other hand you sleep fwaaaaaah Lakini during PEV arsonist will have an easy time "😖😡KQ makes money for everyone except the shareholder 😏😏 " overheard in Wazua
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/19/2013 Posts: 344
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simonkabz wrote:Sansa wrote:thuks wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:Sansa wrote:How durable are these houses? What do you mean yawa  50 yrs with regular, cheap maintenance I'm referring to the mud walls not the mabati. The mabati is a good improvement but the way that mud was built around those posts is wanting. It doesn't look like the walls are thick enough. Since this mud is readily available, can't those involved come up with a way to make those interlocking mud bricks for everyone who needs a house in the village? Sansa, kwani you've never seen a mud-walled house? THose things last even a lifetime. The mabati is a major leap, in that the locals can now harvest rain water. Saw Mutua doing the same. I have seen mud walled houses but looking at those ones he is replacing, they look like they are crumbling and God knows how long ago they were built. Then when you look at the ones they have built, you can see the poles/twigs they have used so you know they walls are not thick. I also don't know how they react to rain soo ...
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Sansa wrote:simonkabz wrote:Sansa wrote:thuks wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:Sansa wrote:How durable are these houses? What do you mean yawa 50 yrs with regular, cheap maintenance I'm referring to the mud walls not the mabati. The mabati is a good improvement but the way that mud was built around those posts is wanting. It doesn't look like the walls are thick enough. Since this mud is readily available, can't those involved come up with a way to make those interlocking mud bricks for everyone who needs a house in the village? Sansa, kwani you've never seen a mud-walled house? THose things last even a lifetime. The mabati is a major leap, in that the locals can now harvest rain water. Saw Mutua doing the same. I have seen mud walled houses but looking at those ones he is replacing, they look like they are crumbling and God knows how long ago they were built. Then when you look at the ones they have built, you can see the poles/twigs they have used so you know they walls are not thick. I also don't know how they react to rain soo ... That's usually the first layer, second layer is akin to plastering which is applied after the first mud layer has dried. You can even go as far as applying different types of clay and cowdung for decoaration. Nyinyi watoto wa nairobi mko na mambo kweli If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,937
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Swenani wrote:Sansa wrote:simonkabz wrote:Sansa wrote:thuks wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:Sansa wrote:How durable are these houses? What do you mean yawa 50 yrs with regular, cheap maintenance I'm referring to the mud walls not the mabati. The mabati is a good improvement but the way that mud was built around those posts is wanting. It doesn't look like the walls are thick enough. Since this mud is readily available, can't those involved come up with a way to make those interlocking mud bricks for everyone who needs a house in the village? Sansa, kwani you've never seen a mud-walled house? THose things last even a lifetime. The mabati is a major leap, in that the locals can now harvest rain water. Saw Mutua doing the same. I have seen mud walled houses but looking at those ones he is replacing, they look like they are crumbling and God knows how long ago they were built. Then when you look at the ones they have built, you can see the poles/twigs they have used so you know they walls are not thick. I also don't know how they react to rain soo ... That's usually the first layer, second layer is akin to plastering which is applied after the first mud layer has dried. You can even go as far as applying different types of clay and cowdung for decoaration. Nyinyi watoto wa nairobi mko na mambo kweli Hata kuna 3rd layer ya madoido patterns & graphics!!!! In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/19/2013 Posts: 344
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Swenani wrote:Sansa wrote:simonkabz wrote:Sansa wrote:thuks wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:Sansa wrote:How durable are these houses? What do you mean yawa 50 yrs with regular, cheap maintenance I'm referring to the mud walls not the mabati. The mabati is a good improvement but the way that mud was built around those posts is wanting. It doesn't look like the walls are thick enough. Since this mud is readily available, can't those involved come up with a way to make those interlocking mud bricks for everyone who needs a house in the village? Sansa, kwani you've never seen a mud-walled house? THose things last even a lifetime. The mabati is a major leap, in that the locals can now harvest rain water. Saw Mutua doing the same. I have seen mud walled houses but looking at those ones he is replacing, they look like they are crumbling and God knows how long ago they were built. Then when you look at the ones they have built, you can see the poles/twigs they have used so you know they walls are not thick. I also don't know how they react to rain soo ... That's usually the first layer, second layer is akin to plastering which is applied after the first mud layer has dried. You can even go as far as applying different types of clay and cowdung for decoaration. Nyinyi watoto wa nairobi mko na mambo kweli Ohhh Good to know! Lakini I'd have still done mud bricks.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,937
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@hardwood quality grass for thatching is hard to find in the region. And good 'thatchers 'are also mia just like good plumbers, carpenters etc. In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Angelica _ann wrote:@hardwood quality grass for thatching is hard to find in the region. And good 'thatchers 'are also mia just like good pilots etc. waah If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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