Cob: RE: cob and rock facade

[jake gundersen]

To handle the shrinkage problem that one list member noted, what if you built the cob walls first, applying the stone facade, with earthen mortar, after the cob had cured. The exterior face of the cob walls could be left rough or key-wayed to ensure adequate bondage of the stone facade to the cured cob walls.

It sounds like a beautiful variation to cob walls, have fun.

jake.



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<P>To handle the shrinkage problem that one list member noted, what if you built the cob walls first, applying the stone facade, with earthen mortar, after the cob had cured. The exterior face of the cob walls could be left rough or key-wayed to ensure adequate bondage of the stone facade to the cured cob walls.</P>
<P>It sounds like a beautiful variation to cob walls, have fun.</P>
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