Cob: Re: Cob insulation idea

[jen walker]

Thanks for the reply Charmaine. I'll check into the book. Maybe order from
you after christmas. I did check the website but must have missed the info
you've given me. The blocks sound like a great idea. What do you mean by
butter the cob wall? What's in Maine? Maine is a day or two's drive away but
at least we wouldn't have to buy plane tickets.
thanks again,
Jen

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>From: Charmaine R Taylor <tms at northcoast.com>
>To: jen walker <jwalker at magma.ca>
>Subject: Re: Cob insulation idea
>Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2002, 4:26 AM
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> Hi Jen, did you visit the web site?  There are images there, and a
> booklet called Mooseprints teaches this method ($14.00-- I carry a few
> copies)
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> see article at: http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/cobwood.html
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> You can premake blocks of chip-clay ( dry all summer while you are
> cobbibng, and "butter the inside of the cob wall, then stick the bricks
> onto that, or a light wood or  wall cagaing,
>
> it would be fastest to make a supported wood post roof to work under it,
> then infilling the walls is easy with thick predried chip blocks, THEN
> cob over 3-4" thick for the look of cob without all the clay and work.
>
> cob does NOT insulate, so using it as a thick plaster is fastest. The
> workshop was in  OR, but isn't Ottowa near Maine???
>
> Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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> PO Box 375, Cutten (Eureka) CA 95534
> 707-441-1632     tms at northcoast.com
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