Cob: Tyres as roof shingles

[Avalon Bruce]

if you'd use domes the cost for roof wouldn't be any more than the dirt used
for cob/adobe -- AND cooler in summer.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <GrenSheltr at aol.com>
To: <lyndall at neurognostics.com.au>; <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Cob: Tyres as roof shingles


> In a message dated 1/8/00 9:46:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> lyndall at neurognostics.com.au writes:
>
> << Has anyone thought of using the unsteeled sides of rubber tyres as
roofing
>  shingles, or as ridge capping for thatch roofs?  Could anyone comment on
>  feasaibility? >>
>
>
> I did a long post to the greenbuilding list about the samples I got ----
see
> www.flexshake.com - costs $144 a square for materials   Linda Lloyd
>
> they use 52 tires in each square