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Cob: Re: Insulation etcMike Holland mholland at cyberservices.comTue Jul 20 04:23:52 CDT 1999
Michael Saunby wrote: >In the old days the fires would have smoked a lot, as evidenced by the >colour of much of the wood, this may well have surpressed wood worm. Worth >bearing in mind that in England we don't have termites, well except in one >house in Devon that accidently imported some and the authorities have been >struggling to control. Would smoke deter woodworm? We've the same type/age cob structure as you have, I think - complete with the blackened timbers. I had assumed that it was the lime content in the earth plaster on the walls had protected the embedded wood - the exposed timbers had been limewashed for protection - after the fact, I think, because under the limewash coating much of the surface had been attacked. Mike
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