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Cob: RE: New to this list and the idea of cobPatrick Newberry PNewberry at HFHI.orgMon Dec 3 13:20:17 CST 2001
Well, since you said "even hand drawn" I guess this will qualify: http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk/newplan.htm I hadn't looked at it for a while but did notice that the laundry room ended up being in the bathroom and not near the kitchen as indicated in the drawing. Lets see the corners of the polygon around the dome are rounded and not shaped as indicated in the drawing. The openings in the dome are not exactly as shown either but all and all it gives a good indication. Oh yea, I did take some photos this weekend. Will be working on the first web site update in about 10 months. won't be too dramatic as this was the year for working on the house. L&L Pat www.gypsyfarm.com -----Original Message----- From: Sharon [mailto:whitewolf1316 at home.com] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:38 PM To: coblist at deatech.com Subject: Cob: New to this list and the idea of cob Hi everyone, I am very interested in this idea of cob building and am a newbie to this site, so please bare with me. I do live in Minnesota, which I see from several postings, is not a very cob friendly area. I have tried to scan the last 6 years of the archives, but it takes a long time to read all those postings!!(although I am working on it!) My question is, has anyone ever tried building a cob house with the solid foam insulation in the walls of the cob home? If so, how well does it work? I thought of your idea of strawbale with cob on the inside and stucco on the outside, but think the walls will be too thick and it would cost a lot more to put up the post and beam system to support the sb structure. Any help for a cold Minnasotan would be greatly appreciated! Also, I see a lot of great pictures of your finished cob houses, but no one ever shows a pic of the floor plans. I see rooms in many pic's that I would like to use, but have no idea as to where to start in the visualizing process of the planning of a cob home. I realize I will have to take a class this coming summer which will help me understand the building process, but with an idea this exciting, I would like to start planing what I would like my house to look like. If you have just a small pic, even hand drawn, of what your cob house looks like I would love to see your ideas. Thank you all for your help and support! Sharon Cox -------------- next part -------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>Well, since you said "even hand drawn" I guess this will qualify: </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001><A href="http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk/newplan.htm">http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk/newplan.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>I hadn't looked at it for a while but did notice that the laundry room ended up being in the bathroom and not near the kitchen as indicated in the </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>drawing. Lets see the corners of the polygon around the dome are rounded and not shaped as indicated in the drawing. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>The openings in the dome are not exactly as shown either but all and all it gives a good indication. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>Oh yea, I did take some photos this weekend. Will be working on the first web site update in about 10 months.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>won't be too dramatic as this was the year for working on the house. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>L&L</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>Pat</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=190521819-03122001>www.gypsyfarm.com </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Sharon [mailto:whitewolf1316 at home.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 03, 2001 1:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> coblist at deatech.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Cob: New to this list and the idea of cob<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I am very interested in this idea of cob building and am a newbie to this site, so please bare with me. I do live in Minnesota, which I see from several postings, is not a very cob friendly area. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> I have tried to scan the last 6 years of the archives, but it takes a long time to read all those postings!!(although I am working on it!) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> My question is, has anyone ever tried building a cob house with the solid foam insulation in the walls of the cob home? If so, how well does it work? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> I thought of your idea of strawbale with cob on the inside and stucco on the outside, but think the walls will be too thick and it would cost a lot more to put up the post and beam system to support the sb structure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Any help for a cold Minnasotan would be greatly appreciated!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Also, I see a lot of great pictures of your finished cob houses, but no one ever shows a pic of the floor plans. I see rooms in many pic's that I would like to use, but have no idea as to where to start in the visualizing process of the planning of a cob home. I realize I will have to take a class this coming summer which will help me understand the building process, but with an idea this exciting, I would like to start planing what I would like my house to look like. If you have just a small pic, even hand drawn, of what your cob house looks like I would love to see your ideas.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Thank you all for your help and support!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Sharon Cox</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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