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Cob in cold climesPaul Procure tempo at nrtco.netFri Mar 19 17:41:14 CST 1999
As has been discussed on numerous occasions it appears that cob has no great R-value (something like 0.25 per inch). I was thinking about the possibility of embedding two-by-eight studs into the cob mixture during construction leaving a four inch ridge into which I would put fiberglass or some other insulator. What possible adhesive problems would I have between the cob and the wood i.e. might the wood pull out of the wall? Any other suggestions for Canadians in North America's attic? Paul Procure -------------- next part -------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 5.00.0910.1309"' name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>As has been discussed on numerous occasions it appears that cob has no great R-value (something like 0.25 per inch). I was thinking about the possibility of embedding two-by-eight studs into the cob mixture during construction leaving a four inch ridge into which I would put fiberglass or some other insulator. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> What possible adhesive problems would I have between the cob and the wood i.e. might the wood pull out of the wall? Any other suggestions for Canadians in North America's attic?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Paul Procure</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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