Cob:

[Sheila Allan]

Hello, I'm new. I have a question about this method. Sounds like you throw
rocks in between to pieces of plywood and pour cement in the top. It seems
to me that there would be a lot of gaps in between the rocks using this
method. Am I not picturing it right? Are the sections of plywood really low
or is the cement incredibly wet?

Thanks,
-Sheila



> http://www.homestead.org/rockwork.htm
>
> There is another method that gives nice flat walls; it is much faster and
> you can use any shape rocks you wish. This method was described by Helen
And
> Scott Nearing, but many of the present-day homesteaders have never read
> their books. For this method you use two (or more) sheets of plywood for
the
> "forms" for your walls. Set the plywood in place on the foundation and use
> some wire to hold them apart for the width of wall that you want. I drill
> several matching holes in the two sheets of plywood, so that the wires
will
> line up. Pieces of wood, cut to the right size, can be used to hold the
> plywood apart until you can drop some rocks between them. You will need
some
> 2"X4"s to support the forms from the outside as well. Once you have enough
> rocks in your "form" to hold them in place, remove the pieces of wood.
Then
> fill the rest of the area between the plywood with stones and once it is
> full, pour in a wet cement mix. You want it wet enough that it will fill
all
> of the spaces between the rocks. Once it has set up, cut the wires holding
> the plywood in place and move it to the next section of wall to be built.
> Using this method, you can be laying up one section of wall while another
is
> setting up. This method gives nice flat, straight walls and you can use
any
> shape rocks. This is just about the only way to use rounded river stone
for
> walls.
>
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>
>
> Jill wants to know the translation of the British here.
>
> http://www.endersonbrowns.demon.co.uk/cob/index.html
>
> I don't understand what they are explaining, the trough.. say it again?
>
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