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Cob: winter work on wattle and daub by a neophyteRuth Datooth aasuter at hotmail.comFri Oct 11 20:46:54 CDT 2002
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>here i am! another lurker out into the open!</DIV> <DIV>my name is anna and i live in kentucky where i am building myself an abode.</DIV> <DIV>currently it is a galvalume roof on six cedar posts, with a loft where i sleep and some plastic tacked up to keep the rain out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>our first frost comes on monday, i hear. this is gonna be some cool weather construction the next few months.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>what i've got in mind is to put up wattle and daub walls, double layer, with insuation in between.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(sounds simple, but i'm still shoveling dirt and ramming tires to make the floor level!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>my questions:</DIV> <DIV>1. what is the daub mixture for wattle and daub? we have lots of clay and horse poop, goat poop, cow poop. (dog poop too, but i'm not doing that!) is herbivore poop and clay a sufficient daub?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. when does the lime plaster go over the daub? and what is in the lime plaster? i've read british explanations, but i couldn't translate the sort of lime needed into something that my local feedstore clerk understood......or is this a quarry item?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. can one daub in cool temps? our kentucky winters usually don't go more than a few consecutive days below freezing. i'm hoping to work in the warm days. if it is warm enough for me to tolerate playing in mud, is it warm enough to daub? is it ok to daub in the rain (roofs overhang a couple food on windward side, a foot on the other sides.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4. any resources folks would recommend for more wattle and daub info.....as obviously i know very little.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>i'm sure i should have checked the archives first, but i have limitted internet time and i'm still two months behind reading my cob list emails. just got up to august 10. : ~ )</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks a bundle,</DIV> <DIV>anna</DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM1ENUS/c157??PI=44364'>Click Here</a><br></html>
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