Cob: RE: Re: Cob in OK

[Patrick Newberry]

1. Re: Cracking and cob: I live in middle GA and Have had some eperience with rapid tempature change 
   and a cob house. We sometimes get warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and within a few hours have a cold 
   front from the north push over us and drop 40 degrees in just a few hours. We don't get any real hard 
   freezed, may 10 degrees or so for a low and that is not real common. Have not had any problems at all 
   with cracking. We get strong winds here, left overs from hurricanes etc, and I feel 1000 times safer 
   in a cob home than in a trailer and yes I even feel safer than in a stick home. 

2. RE: Air Flow. I've done a lot of thinking on air flow. I now blow air in via a panel over the front door 
   on the north side of the house. I have a vent at the highest in the house to allow heat to pass thru it, 
   and has my windows are fixed in the cob and thus can't be opened, I have both air tube that are just 3 inch 
   pvc pipe located at various location in the wall. I just lay the two feet pieces in the wall as I was building,
   I stuff them with rags in the winter, but plan on making nicer removeable caps at some point. I also have very 
   few interior wall, almost a loft apartment like feel, to further facilitate air flow. I can feel the heat in the
   house, but it is still significantly cooler than a trailer for example, which is the most common housing solution 
   in my rural community. We generally poor folks so not may fancy stick homes in my area. Yes, I agree air flow is 
   of major importance if you living a warmer climate like middle georgia. 




-----Original Message-----
From: M.Janean Elmore-Dozier [mailto:janean at dracodigital.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:03 PM
To: bobodod at cox.net; coblist at deatech.com
Subject: Cob: Re: Cob in OK


Good Morning Sean,

That is funny as I replied to you the same day I received the email from 
the coblist.
As for what I meant, it was just general.  You don't see a whole lot on 
these lists about the midwest, so my ears perked up at the mention of a 
place within a few hours' drive.
I am currently dreaming some big dreams about building with cob within a 
couple of years, but sometimes the whole concept is a little 
overwhelming.  I was rather taken with the idea of attending a workshop 
with Mr. Evans and then sponsoring my own in order to get some labor and 
design help.  Have you looked at their information about that?  I would 
love to help out on a project but sometimes I am a little short on time.

As an aside concerning cooling tubes:  Nobody ever seems to talk about 
the importance of air circulation in a cob building.  I am talking about 
through windows.  I live in an older house without air conditioning and 
have toured a lot of historical homes.  They were usually designed to 
encourage air circulation with pretty good results.  I have even seen one 
in Abilene that had a three story tower at the center front of the house 
that worked sort of like a giant chimney.  Trees, deep eaves, window 
placement to take advantage of cross-currents, and maybe even an attic 
fan, seem like they would be very useful.  I would think that interior 
divider walls that don't go all the way to the ceiling would work like 
door transoms as well.

Thoughts??

;)
Jee

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On 7/24/02, 5:53:03 PM, <bobodod at cox.net> wrote regarding Re: Cob in OK:


> Hey there. You said "What about Kansas?", but it's been a while since I 
sent
> that email to the list about Cob in Oklahoma, so I don't know what you're
> referring to.   ; Þ   In any case, I think we might end up with a project
> going down here around Oklahoma City. What about you up there? And
> definitely, the more people we can get together from our area - Central 
US -
> the more likely a Cob home will get realized. I've got some ideas and
> concerns I'm going to voice on the list in the next few days, so watch 
for
> those and tell me what you think. Thanks

> Sean


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "neana" <neana at terraworld.net>
> To: <bobodod at cox.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:17 PM
> Subject: Cob in OK


> > What about Kansas?  I am approximately six hours north of OKC and am very
> > interested in cob as well.  I have been lurking on this discussion list
> for
> > a few weeks and am reading the archives as well.  I was really glad to 
see
> > someone else from this area.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > Jee
> >

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