some were built of air dried bricks made from local clay --- On Thu, 8/5/10, gbrettrager@aol.com <gbrettrager@aol.com> wrote: From: gbrettrager@aol.com <gbrettrager@aol.com> Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] House construction To: eantis@verizon.net, BANAT@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 11:39 AM Probably depends on when.  In Glogowatz they were originally stamped brick, which don't stand up well to floods.  After a couple floods, the houses were made of fired brick. George -----Original Message----- From: Elinor <eantis@verizon.net> To: BANAT@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 7:43 am Subject: [BANAT-L] House construction   I am writing a book/booklet for my husbands family on their family history.   I am also trying to include whatever I can about life in the Banat in the   early years.  My  question  for  now  is: How were the houses actually   constructed? Their house in Ernsthausen was apparently one big room with two   windows on the front. I've seen pictures and there appear to be houses with   either one or two windows across the front. Were they built of some kind of   concrete blocks, or some kind of adobe type material? What were and how were   the roofs constructed? Thank you for any kind of information. Elinor Antis ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message