Cob: cob/ thermalMass

[Bill&Julie]

*smiles*   Tanx Matt,,,,    ThermalMass,,, Water has it...
Would pipes heated by water expand and contract so
much as to destroy the cob that it is in?
Years ago,,, back when I was a little'un, we had a
stove in the kitchen that had a waterjacket. Mom would
cook a meal, and it would heat the water to do the
dishes at the same time.
We were so poor we couldn't pay attention.

The idea would be to put a water jacket inside a stove,
and allow the heat to convect the water to a reservoir
higher than the heat source. The loop would continue
down through the pipes in the floor and back up to the
bottom fitting of the water jacket.

whadaya tink???  Bill

ps. I see you have a shinnnnnnny Philosophical too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew HALL(SED)" <M.Hall at shu.ac.uk>
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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Cob: cob/ thermalMass


> wbates at mn.rr.com writes:
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> Very entertaining! I am obviously interested in earth building from a
professional point of view
> but also from a personal one. The 'concept' of earth building is one that
appeals to the tree
> hugger in all of us and one day i would love nothing more that to detach
myself from the coils of
> financial slavery and build an earth home with facility for home grown
food, sustainable living
> etc. Who wants to buy into almost a lifetime of mortgage-shackled
purgatory?
>
> I am sure that every step towards an idealised 'green' society is also a
mirrored paradoxical step
> towards the past. Ultimately the most 'green' dwelling will no doubt be a
cave with a sheet of
> high-tech glass over the front. The again, maybe that would not be so
bad...
>
> Matthew
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