Cob: Re: Earth Floor!

[Patricia Kerns]

Ian,

Reading my original post, I actually mistakenly identified road base as a
mix of clay and sand, with a high proportion of clay.  Actually, its the
other way around - it has a very high proportion of sand.  Sorry for the
misunderstanding.

Patricia

----- Original Message -----
From: "dtebb" <dtebb at alternatives.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: Cob: Re: Earth Floor!


> Hi Patricia,
>
> Just a short note of caution. It is important to have a much higher
> porportion of sand in your floor mix. Sand is what make floors and cob
> hard. I have heard of some people who have had problems with their floors
>