Cob: strawbale/cob on the inside

[Ric Allan]

It was a rhetorical question.

The long and short of it is it would degrade the energy flow (heat sink
properties) with both side that has the greatest flucuation in energy supply
and/or absorbtion leaving the mediation more (comparitively) to that
generated inside.

In some climates this might be advisable but climate must be taken into
account.


-----Original Message-----
From: Darel Henman <henman at it.to-be.co.jp>
To: cob list <coblist at deatech.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Cob: strawbale/cob on the inside


>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
>
>