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Cob: suggestions??Aile Eagle Bear ailebear at gorge.netWed Oct 2 09:43:03 CDT 2002
Good morning,
I have spent a great deal of time reading and listening to the wisdom and knowlegd her. Now it is time to get muddy.... so I seek advice from any of you. I have an old small wood stove.. all joints are cracked and not repairable... so yesterday... I began process of enclosing this wood stove in cob oven type... as I wish to use it in green house...and I need to do something to show some folks where I live... so they get the idea.
Ok...so what I have done... this wood stove is 24" from wood wall... wood wall is lined with lava rock...which I have an over abundance of... and all this has been filled in with cob material...minus straw...as no load bearing needed (I have a natural good sand/clay soil mix where I live so have merely added some lime to soil and added water...mixed and shaped....) I have a short pipe with draft control... and plan to place cob around this three feet of pipe...then form rest of pipe with cob... also I thought I would try and place a small oven on top of wood stove making it duel purpose. The only thing that will be open when I am done... is front door of this old wood stove.
Now I admit... I don't know squat here... but this is a good test run for me... and as I said... will allow me to show some folks here what I have been talking about for months...regarding cob building.
I thought about putting bricks on top of wood stove... and my one concern is the top of wood stove also has joint problems.. so wondered about putting a layer of cob down??? If so, how thick? I would be grateful for any and all input... things I may have not taken into consideration... thanks.
Respectfully,
Aile
Nake nula waun yelo/ksto
"Better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees"
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Good morning,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000> I have spent a great deal of time
reading and listening to the wisdom and knowlegd her. Now it is time to
get muddy.... so I seek advice from any of you. I have an old
small wood stove.. all joints are cracked and not repairable... so yesterday...
I began process of enclosing this wood stove in cob oven type... as I wish to
use it in green house...and I need to do something to show some folks where I
live... so they get the idea.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000> </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Ok...so
what I have done... this wood stove is 24" from wood wall... wood wall is lined
with lava rock...which I have an over abundance of... and all this has been
filled in with cob material...minus straw...as no load bearing needed (I
have a natural good sand/clay soil mix where I live so have merely added
some lime to soil and added water...mixed and shaped....) I have a short
pipe with draft control... and plan to place cob around this three feet of
pipe...then form rest of pipe with cob... also I thought I would try and place a
small oven on top of wood stove making it duel purpose. The only thing
that will be open when I am done... is front door of this old wood
stove.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000> Now I admit... I don't know squat
here... but this is a good test run for me... and as I said... will allow me to
show some folks here what I have been talking about for months...regarding cob
building.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000> I thought about putting bricks on
top of wood stove... and my one concern is the top of wood stove also has joint
problems.. so wondered about putting a layer of cob down??? If so, how
thick? I would be grateful for any and all input... things I may have not
taken into consideration... thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000>
Respectfully,<BR>
Aile<BR> Nake
nula waun yelo/ksto<BR>"Better to die on one's feet than live on one's
knees"<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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