Cob: Cob insulation idea

Tue Dec 17 08:41:14 CST 2002

Finally, a use for kudzu vines!  Not to mention honeysuckle.  If we can use 
privet for the lath, then we could start to get rid of three (of four--I'd 
hate to use the pest rose for this) of our worst woodland weeds.  At least 
those of us in the South.

Darel wrote:
   If you wrap hemp, flax, palm hair, or straw rope of about 1/4 to 3/8"
diameter spiraling around the length of a lath or bamboo strip and then
nail several of these parallel and seperated by about 1/2 to 1" edge to
edge, to the board surface, you have a good solid keying surface for
earthen or lime or earth & lime mortars.

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