Cob: COB on basements?

[David Knapp]

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> >I am not necessarily talking about making the basement OUT of cob.  Yet
> >having a poured or cement block basement under a cob house seems a little
> >weird, and expensive.  Any suggestions, either how to do this, or where
to
> >look for ideas?
> >Sabrina Free
>
> Hummm. cob walkways and cob basements in one day....
>
> A cob house IS built on a foundation, ususally a bumpy rock or rubble (
> read broken concrete) foundation. so a smooth flat surface for cob is not
> good, but if there is a way to utilize cinderblock, open face up,, with a
> bit of rebar embedded so the cob can lock on to the holes and the rebar,
> you might try a test wall and see how it performs.
>
>
>
>
> Charmaine R. Taylor
> Taylor Publishing 1-888-441-1632
> PO Box 6985,Eureka CA 95502
> http://www.northcoast.com/~tms
> Cobwood: www.northcoast.com/~tms/cobwood.html


The foundation will need to be at least as wide as the base of the cob wall,
very expensive for a concrete or block wall of 18 inches wide.


David & Sheila Knapp
Winnebago, Illinois
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