Cob: RE:

[Patrick Newberry]

Hi David, 
I live in Middle Georgia and there is a belt of sand that runs accross
middle georgia. 
I live on that belt. I have clay hauled in, as well as sometimes using
my pickup to get a load. 
Good news is that cob is a majority of sand! thus for every two shovels
of clay, you can use 8 shovels
of local sand! (amounts vary with purity of both.)

the cement and sand can be used to make your foundations with!

pat 
Mauk Georgia
http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk

-----Original Message-----
From: David Knowlton [mailto:pilot1ab80 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 2:50 PM
To: coblist at deatech.com
Subject: 


Hello,

I live in Tampa, Florida. We have mostly sand for earth, and dark
organic 
matter mixed in where there are trees. Do I need to 'cheat' and add
portland 
cement to make cobs? Would I need to have clay trucked in?
Newby waiting on copy of how to book.

David

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