Cob RE: cob codes

[John Schinnerer]

Aloha,,

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Otherfish at aol.com [SMTP:Otherfish at aol.com]
	>...A thorough and rigorous program of testing cob (to establish
its' actual
	>structural limits) which is used to write a section for the
building code will
	>enable anone who so desires to build a SAFE cob building in
locations which
	>are subject to the building codes...

	How do you envision a code that takes into account the variations of
soil, clay, sand and straw/other fiber types that are available locally in
all the various areas of the country?  And the variety of mixing methods,
application methods, wall shapes and thicknesses, methods of joining with
other materials, climates in which drying takes place, etc. etc.?  It seems
to me that any cob codes will need to be quite regionally specific in order
to enable rather than limit use of cob.

	John Schinnerer