Cob: Re: chopping straw and now building codes

[Jud Malone]

There was some discussion of this a while ago, and I contributed WV to the
list of states that don't have state-wide codes.  Are there any others that
you all know of?  I think Idaho doesn't, but I'm not sure.

By the way, for those of you following the West Virginia Cob Saga with bated
breath, we're at the design phase for our house (finally) this winter and
plan on doing the foundation (steel-reinforced concrete with very wide
footers) this spring.
Jud Malone
----- Original Message -----
From: nigella <nigella1 at peoplescom.net>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 12:06 PM
Subject: Cob: chopping straw and now building codes

> Shannon wrote:" these quantities of dust in an enclosed
> space present a significant risk of spontaneous combustion/explosion."
>  Shannon. thanks for the heads-up. That is certainly something to
> rememberands something I wouldn't have  known! For now , I am in the
> learning and dreaming stages. Winter is such a good time for that.
>  My foremost puzzlement ,at this point. finding a place that would even
let
> us build a cob home. I don't have anything  especially artistic in mind. I
> would love to have a cob home along the style of those built in England  a
> couple of centruies ago.
>  I did a web search for places in the US with no building codes but keep
> coming up " File not found" .Any siggestions whrere I might find this or a
> list of places in the US that allows cob buildings?
> Thanks
> nigella
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