Cob:

Wed Sep 5 08:19:34 PDT 2001

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Hey.

Is it very cold there?  For a garage-shop, I would think that even R-11
walls with an insulated  (R-19)  roof would be fine.  A shop is =
typically
used sporadically by active people and heating such a small room
occasionally would be efficient....

I might try fidobe (shredded newspaper and clay)  as it could be mixed =
more
readily, poured and dried in panels on the ground and then mortered in =
place
using the same mix.

Fur out the walls a bit to get more insulation cavity (maybe not =
needed), or
plaster fidobe thickly over the panels.

Steve Lewis
Sivler City, NM

> Dear People,
>
> A two-car cinderblock garage with 2x4 stud walls came with our newly
> purchased house. It's to be my woodworking shop. I'm thinking of
> insulating with straw clay from the inside. Attach movable forms and
> tamp in the dressed straw? Anybody have good ideas?
>
> How thick should I go for a warm wall? Say, R20?
>
> Am also thinking of starting our building officials on straw-cob with
> this application. I can do it secretly, as it's on the inside--but =
would
> this be a good place to let them begin to be familiar with it? Lurking
> problems that I'm not anticipating?
>
> Harriet Hodges
> 1240 Forest Lawn
> Salem, VA  24153

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