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FW: Cob: Re: FW: Steel Frame?j. gann jmygann at yahoo.comTue Mar 12 23:06:53 CST 2002
If one does a steel post and beam no foundation is needed. Earth floor. I prefer light gauge galvanized over red iron frame . Square tubing for posts and cee purlins for beams and purlins. One could use steel frame for walls and wood for roof joists and sheathing to eliminate thermal bridging , assuming that cob is used for the walls only. Still better to insulate on outside - maybe papercrete - to keep heat in. --- Kristina Buss <kristina at securenym.net> wrote: > I asked specifically about a cob house not a straw > bale. I'm not sure how > straw bale entered into the discussion. I would > think insulation would not > be a problem as the COB would completely surround > the steel. I did find a > steel frame company that will do a custom frame or > you can choose from their > ready-made plans. They even have pricing on > packages. > > http://www.profits2you.com/prices.html > > My question is how the foundation would work. I > would think the steel frame > requires a concrete foundation (or crawl space but, > for cob, slab would be > seem the only choice). How would that work with the > requirements for the > cob? > > My design idea would be like an island style house > with a 8 ft. covered > porch around the house. All rooms would have doors > opening out to the porch > (we are building in Texas so heat is more of an > issue than cold). That would > protect the walls from erosion. I cannot get any of > the books on cob (I am > currently overseas) so I'm not sure how all this > would work technically. I > have only read everything I can find on the > internet. I would like to do it > this way so that I could have as much done as > possible before starting on > the walls. Time is an issue for us as we are > stateside only for a short > time. > > reply to kristinabuss at yahoo.com > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
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