Cob Earth Construction Primer

[John Schinnerer]

Aloha Will 'n all,

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From:	Will Firstbrook WCB of BC [SMTP:wfirstbr at wcb.bc.ca]
>Has anyone reviewed or seen the $25 "Earth Construction Primer" listed
>in the publication list linked from the www.cmpbs.org address below? I
>would be interested in finding out more about this book. The main thing
>I am wondering is it a book focusing on the theory and study of existing
>earthen buildings or is it focusing more on hands on how to build. How
>useful is it for a person who is building their own earthern home?

I've neither reviewed nor seen it, but I do have a friend here who was 
personally involved with MaxPot.  I asked her your question and she said most 
of the publications are somewhere in between theoretcial and practical.  The 
word that felt best to her was "conceptual."  I gather from a conversation 
with her yesterday that although lots of nitty-gritty hands-on stuff was and 
is done at MaxPot, the "nuts and bolts" don't show up in the publications. 
 In other words, the concepts in the publications are linked to actual 
implementations at the MaxPot site, but the publications don't necessarily 
contain specific implementation details.  Hope that helps...

John Schinnerer