Expert Adobe Brick Repair in Tucson
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Adobe Masters has 40 years of experience specializing in burnt adobe repair in Tucson. We are the oldest and most established adobe repair specialists in Tucson and southern Arizona. As adobe specialists, we also service asphalt and cement-stabilized mud adobe homes with expert care. Whether your adobe needs brick repair, crack repairs, sealing, whitewash touch-ups, or full restoration, we’re here to help. Call or text us at (520) 331-4004 to discuss your project or email us at “adobemastr@gmail.com“.
See “before and after” pictures of our work here and here.
Roy Spears of Adobe Masters in Tucson, AZ (520-331-4004) is a specialist in burnt adobe repair, rehabilitation, and in the application of adobe water repellents to burnt adobe brick homes in the Old Pueblo. He began working on his first adobe brick home in 1985. His 40 + years—over four decades—of experience working on adobe homes makes him the undisputed #1 adobe restoration professional in Arizona and Tucson’s “go to” expert concerning all things adobe.
See “before and after” pictures of Adobe Master’s work here and here.
He is considered one of the most knowledgeable, trusted, and experienced burnt adobe restoration professionals in southern Arizona and is Tucson’s first choice for troubleshooting and solving the issues surrounding the unique needs of your adobe home. Call or text Roy Spears at (520) 331-4004 or email: adobemastr@gmail.com
Treating your adobe or rammed earth home with a speciality water repellent is one of the first safeguards against deterioration; many homeowners fail to realize the importance of this. Another essential factor is applying the correct water repellent: one formulated for adobe and rammed earth. Using the wrong product on your home can be worse than doing nothing at all. He recommends Silox Adobe/Rammed Earth Water Repellents. Click here to be taken to the information page.
Silox Adobe/Rammed Earth Water Repellents are formulated specifically for adobe and rammed earth. An “Adobe Master” approved product: $175.00 (Silox Original). (Sold only in five-gallon buckets; single gallons NOT available.) Call (520) 331-4004 to Order Today!
Phone testimonial from Chad Finch, owner of “Hidden Oasis,” a bread and breakfast in the Dragoon Mountains in southeast Arizona, on his success with the Silox Adobe/Rammed Earth Water Repellent:
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March 5, 2021: About eight years ago, Marilyn Levy purchased the Silox Adobe/Rammed Earth (Original) for her home. Last week, Marilyn called me to purchase additional product, correctly assuming it was time for another application. I had her perform a simple water test to see whether or not her adobe was ready for another treatment. Below is her remarkable voice mail attesting to the quality of the Silox:
“Adobe and rammed earth homes are unique structures with specialized needs.”
The proper repair and preservation of adobe can accurately be described as an art form. There are correct methods of restoration that when properly employed will enhance and prolong the life of your adobe. There are also incorrect methods and incorrect use of repair materials that can literally spell doom for your adobe and result in the acceleration of deterioration.
For example, putting a thick coat of stucco over an old mud adobe home can be among one of the poorest preservation choices you can make. Many people have done just this, believing that it will solve their severe deterioration problems when in fact it may greatly accelerate the problem. One of the most important and critical questions when it comes to evaluating sound solutions for your adobe problems is “What is causing the deterioration in the first place?” No corrective or restoration method should be initiated until this question is thoroughly answered.
The greatest threat to adobe is when it comes in regular contact with water. One of the ways that water damages adobe walls is from the rainwater run-off from roofs. If your adobe home or building has a flat roof and the scuppers (drain pipes) do not protrude far enough away from the walls, the rainwater from these draining scuppers may very well “channel” down those walls with the potential of causing severe damage both to the exterior and interior of the earth walls. “Splash back” is also a common problem. This occurs when the rainwater falling from the scuppers hits the ground below and “splashes back” towards the walls. Worse yet is if the rainwater falling from the scuppers not only splashes back but actually drains towards the walls instead of away from the walls, soaking the ground beneath.
Another common problem that has the potential to cause great damage to adobe walls are careless watering or over watering of plants which have been planted too close to the walls. I encounter this problem all the time and I advise adobe homeowners who have concrete stem walls of a few inches (or no stem walls at all where the adobes are sitting right on the ground) to leave at least a minimum distance of no less than 24 inches between your adobe walls and your plants; 36 inches is even better. Adobes are like sponges and they can absorb an incredible amount of water. Keeping water away from contacting your adobe walls in any fashion is the single best measure for insuring the continued health of your adobe structure.
“Silox Adobe/Rammed Earth Water Repellent (Original)” $175.00.
“Silox XTRA” $189. (Currently out of stock.)
Regular price for the Silox Original is $175.00 per five gallon bucket or $189.00 per five-gallon bucket for the Silox Xtra (Xtra currently unavailable). Excellent for sun-dried mud adobe, burnt adobe, cement and asphalt stabilized mud adobe, and rammed earth, both interior and exterior.