summers, was Cob: Re: Re: Time and cost?

[Patrick Newberry]

I live in middle georgia and the summers are both hot and muggy. 
I've combated this problem by making sure that air flow if very good. 
In addition to adding a vent in my dome at the top, I also have a fan
that blows into 
the house on the north side of the building, and will have one that blow
out on the southside of 
the building. (last summer it was only a vent, no fan on the south
side). 

The house was always cooler during the day, relative to the outside, but
at night or at least 
when the sun first went down, outside would feel nicer. By bed time,
with the fan running it would be 
fine. 

Pat 
http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk

-----Original Message-----
From: Carla Kennedy [mailto:carlaevans at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:42 PM
To: coblist at deatech.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: Cob: Re: Re: Time and cost?


Vicki said:

>We debated long and hard about cob, because we have good cob soil here.
But
>its the thermal mass thing that has worried us. Our summers are
extremely
>hot and extremely humid. My concern was that by late august we would be
>living essentially in a self made oven. Once those wall heated up, they
>wouldn't have a chance to cool down until maybe November!


This is not something I'd considered.
Oklahoma summers are long and miserable, and night doesn't usually bring

much relief.  Do the rest of you confirm Vicki's oven analogy?  That
might 
be a deciding factor, although it might break my heart.

Thank you!
Carla

"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible 
warning."




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