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Cob: Fantastic window idea!!Bill&Julie wbates at mn.rr.comThu Mar 7 13:14:11 PST 2002
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0048_01C1C5EA.BC414DA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hidare! All..* smiles* Sounds like brain stormming to me... With that = in mind, What would=20 keep a person from using TWO windows for insulation? And person could = embed a small cookie tin at the bottom of the window (with the bottom cut out of the = can), that would give access to the space between the glass,, then put = bags of desecant inside to trap=20 the mosture... tada... ~=BF~ bill ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rob & Nat Harmony=20 To: coblist at deatech.com=20 Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Cob: Fantastic window idea!! Fantastic Idea!!!!! My wife had just mentioned that exact same idea = (windows that role down) to me last week. We laughed at first, then = stopped and said hmmmm... If we are going to think and build = divergently, why not take it all the way!! We also plan on embedding = auotmobile glass for windows. Free, strong and a variety of shapes, = sounds great!! =20 Cob on!=20 Rob and Nat >From: Charmaine R Taylor=20 >Reply-To: Charmaine R Taylor=20 >To: Patrick Newberry=20 >CC: coblist at deatech.com=20 >Subject: Re: Cob: Funky windows idea=20 >Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 09:28:02 -0800=20 >=20 >OK now don't all laugh at once, but a cobber friend said she saw a = guy=20 >take a real car door, and cob that into the wall so he could have a = roll=20 >down opening window...and car glass is strong, shatters into pebbles, = >and so his choice, while funky, was clever.=20 >=20 >Also there is a "house" in New Zealand, a dome shaped cob style that=20 >took several auto windsheilds, and cobbed them in longways ( on end)=20 >like skylights, giving natural light from all directions into the=20 >structure., again very strong glass, can resist a lot more than = window=20 >glass. He used 5- 6 of them I think, and also used glass bottles = around=20 >other areas for colored light.=20 >=20 >just an idea....:>=20 >=20 >Charmaine=20 >http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com=20 >=20 >=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here ------=_NextPart_000_0048_01C1C5EA.BC414DA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>Hidare! All..* smiles* Sounds = like brain=20 stormming to me... With that in mind, What would </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>keep a person from using TWO = windows for=20 insulation? And person could embed a small</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>cookie tin at the bottom of the window = (with the=20 bottom cut out of the can), that would give access to the space between = the=20 </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>glass,, then put bags of desecant = inside to trap=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>the mosture... tada... = ~=BF~ =20 bill</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Drobandnat at hotmail.com = href=3D"mailto:robandnat at hotmail.com">Rob &=20 Nat Harmony</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dcoblist at deatech.com=20 href=3D"mailto:coblist at deatech.com">coblist at deatech.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 07, 2002 = 2:26=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cob: Fantastic = window=20 idea!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P><BR><BR></P>Fantastic Idea!!!!! My wife had just mentioned = that exact=20 same idea (windows that role down) to me last week. We laughed = at first,=20 then stopped and said hmmmm... If we are going to think and = build=20 divergently, why not take it all the way!! We also plan on = embedding=20 auotmobile glass for windows. Free, strong and a variety of = shapes,=20 sounds great!! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cob on! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rob and Nat</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Charmaine R Taylor <TMS at NORTHCOAST.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Charmaine R Taylor <TMS at NORTHCOAST.COM> <DIV></DIV>>To: Patrick Newberry <PNEWBERRY at HFHI.ORG> <DIV></DIV>>CC: coblist at deatech.com=20 <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Cob: Funky windows idea=20 <DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 09:28:02 -0800=20 <DIV></DIV>>=20 <DIV></DIV>>OK now don't all laugh at once, but a cobber friend = said she=20 saw a guy=20 <DIV></DIV>>take a real car door, and cob that into the wall so he = could=20 have a roll=20 <DIV></DIV>>down opening window...and car glass is strong, shatters = into=20 pebbles,=20 <DIV></DIV>>and so his choice, while funky, was clever.=20 <DIV></DIV>>=20 <DIV></DIV>>Also there is a "house" in New Zealand, a dome shaped = cob style=20 that=20 <DIV></DIV>>took several auto windsheilds, and cobbed them in = longways ( on=20 end)=20 <DIV></DIV>>like skylights, giving natural light from all = directions into=20 the=20 <DIV></DIV>>structure., again very strong glass, can resist a lot = more than=20 window=20 <DIV></DIV>>glass. He used 5- 6 of them I think, and also used = glass=20 bottles around=20 <DIV></DIV>>other areas for colored light.=20 <DIV></DIV>>=20 <DIV></DIV>>just an idea....:>=20 <DIV></DIV>>=20 <DIV></DIV>>Charmaine=20 <DIV></DIV>>http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com=20 <DIV></DIV>>=20 <DIV></DIV>>=20 <DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=3Dall> <HR> Join the world=92s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. <A=20 href=3D"http://g.msn.com/1HM105401/16">Click=20 Here</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0048_01C1C5EA.BC414DA0--
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