Windows, Doors, and Roof!





Yeilding Adobe w/window, doors, and roof.

  We finally have the home "weathered in." Now we don't have to worry about rain and the damage it can do to our adobes. The roof is a solid sheet of white 60 mil Dow TPO roofing system. Under the TPO on top of the roof decking is 1/2 inch foil lined foam insulation. That is in addition to the R-49 blown-in insulation in the roof cavity.





Territorial Trim



The windows are getting their "territorial trim" that represents the style preferred by the residents during the late 1800's when many were new arrivals down the Santa Fe Trail.



The "trombe walls", the walls under glass that will help heat the rooms during sunny winter days, are being sealed and tinted a darker color, before the glass in installed, to increase the heat they generate. 





Tinted Trombe Wall



  The light colored square at the bottom of the trombe wall is the color sample of the stucco we are using on the outside walls.  We tried to match the color of the soil on our land.  The stucco will cover the parapets and chimney as well as the outside walls so there will not be so much white showing as it looks in the photo.