Cob: Cold Temps

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I agree with Howard: Well written, John.

I just thought I'd throw this in as well:
It's my understanding that the reason for the unavailability of empirical data regarding cob is because (as I've heard it said) cob is "unquantifiable."  Too many variables - type and amount of clay content, size shape and amount of sand, amount and type of non-structual (unintentional/ extraneous) organic matter that will always seem to get in the mix somehow...
One building will often have several combinations of these, so even if one did spend the (appearantly large) amount of money for engineering analysis of building materials, the end result would bear little in common with the actual building.

However the School of Civil & Structural Engineering in the Devon link (mentioned in an earlier post) does hold out there is cause for hope!  I myself would love to see cob "quantified" as well! 
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:51:34  
 Howard wrote:
>Thank you John, very well put.
>
>Howard Switzer



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