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Cob: strawbale/cob on the inside

Darel Henman henman at it.to-be.co.jp
Tue Feb 12 21:02:39 CST 2002


Cob and earthen plasters do this naturally.

toswink wrote:
> 
> > But if the thermal mass is insulated from the outside sun, how does it
> pick
> > up the energy to re-radiate.....
> 
> Think of inside wall as a heat sink. But then understand it retains both
> cool and warm heat .
>  I knew once,but forgot how to make the walls pourous which allowed air to
> be captured and thus further enhanced the walls ablity to act as a sponge.

Cob, daub, and earthen and earth/lime plasters do this naturally.

Darel