Cob: cob life - how do they do it?

Fri Sep 27 17:24:02 CDT 2002

Angy,
I love your name; whenever I see it in my email program I always think it
says Angry Violet, which I think is also pretty cool. : )
One way I think people keep costs down is by using scavenged hardware, etc
from building sites that are getting torn down. I hear about people using
these materials but I¹m always a bit baffled about how they hear about the
places that are going to be demolished and how they get in the buildings to
get stuff. Is this middle of the night raids like dumpster diving? Do you
buy it from a middle-man? Do you have to know someone in the building trades
who knows what buildings are getting wrecked and if the professional
scavengers have been through already? Seems like there¹s lots of cool stuff
out there waiting to be taken or bought cheap, but how?
Laura Mitchell

On 9/27/02 2:35 PM, "Angy Violet" <angyygna at yahoo.com> wrote:

> So cob is supposed to be super efficient and inexpensive, but why does it seem
> like it would cost a fortune? Like where do these people find solar panels,
> while maintaining their budget? What about water filtering, septic, lights,
> you know...? Is it as simple as they say, or does it really take a big
> retirement fund to live simply? I have been trying to research as best as
> possible, the different details of self sufficiency, but they all seem reliant
> on the exchange of money, which is what I want to avoid most if I drop out of
> the system!!! If any of my cob friends can help, please do! You guys are great
> out there!
> 
> Angy
> 
> 
> 
> Do you Yahoo!?
> New DSL Internet Access <http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://sbc.yahoo.com/>
> from SBC  Yahoo! <http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://sbc.yahoo.com/>

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<FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS">Angy,<BR>
I love your name; whenever I see it in my email program I always think it says Angry Violet, which I think is also pretty cool. : )<BR>
One way I think people keep costs down is by using scavenged hardware, etc from building sites that are getting torn down. I hear about people using these materials but I’m always a bit baffled about how they hear about the places that are going to be demolished and how they get in the buildings to get stuff. Is this middle of the night raids like dumpster diving? Do you buy it from a middle-man? Do you have to know someone in the building trades who knows what buildings are getting wrecked and if the professional scavengers have been through already? Seems like there’s lots of cool stuff out there waiting to be taken or bought cheap, but how?<BR>
Laura Mitchell<BR>
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On 9/27/02 2:35 PM, "Angy Violet" <angyygna at yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>
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</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Trebuchet MS">So cob is supposed to be super efficient and inexpensive, but why does it seem like it would cost a fortune? Like where do these people find solar panels, while maintaining their budget? What about water filtering, septic, lights, you know...? Is it as simple as they say, or does it really take a big retirement fund to live simply? I have been trying to research as best as possible, the different details of self sufficiency, but they all seem reliant on the exchange of money, which is what I want to avoid most if I drop out of the system!!! If any of my cob friends can help, please do! You guys are great out there!<BR>
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Angy<BR>
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New DSL Internet Access <http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://sbc.yahoo.com/>  from SBC  Yahoo! <http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://sbc.yahoo.com/> <BR>
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