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Cob: Insulation etc

Shannon C. Dealy dealy at deatech.com
Mon Jul 19 21:52:37 CDT 1999


On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Sojourner wrote:

[snip]
> Hey, now here's another similar idea - what if you embedded wood in the
> inner wall of your cob and used that to tack up interior siding?  This
> is assuming you wouldn't miss the look and feel of the cob wall on the
> inside of the house.  If you would, then don't bother to read any
> further because this wouldn't work for you.
[snip]
> Would the wood embedded in the walls have to be PT?  Or would normal
> untreated wood be ok, since the walls will not actually be wet (better
> not be!)  This would act like vertical "lathe", like they used to use
> for plastering.
[snip]

This is standard practice in cob, anywhere that you are planning on
needing a strong attachment, you embed a chuck of wood in the wall.  If
the piece of wood is going to require extra strength for holding something
heavy or which may be subject to alot of stress, then it may be desirable
to make a little wooden square to embed in the cob, since then there will
be cob passing through the center, and the only way it will come out of
the wall is if the wood breaks or screws/nails that you put the square 
together with come out.  This is commonly done for doorways so there is
something to attach the door or door frame to.


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