Cob: cob construction

[Darel Henman]

Shawn,
  that sounds like a great project.  What about having a good roof
overhang a strong foundation up to say 18" or some other ways of
protecting the immediate bottom area from splashed, and for the cob part
use an clay soil mixed with lime plaster,  lime and sand plaster, lime
with about 3 month fermented rice straw gives a nice strong exterior
coating. 

  Just some ideas.

  Some others are a earthen mud plaster with some additives to make it
more waterproof. Oil? Casein? Bitumen? Tree resin? Horse Manure? 

Darel

Snowmon97 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> are project consist of a school bus stop that can accomodate between
> 4-6 kids.  we are working with a foundation about 7' x 7'.  the wall
> heights are going to be between 6'-8'.  if you have any ideas besides
> plaster of what we can coat the cob with, would help us out immensly.
> 
> thanks,
> 
>          Shawn
>