Cob: commercial clay

[Bill&Julie]

Hidare All,,,   I work for a road construction and excavating company.
In the course of our work we sometimes need a place to get rid of what
we dig up. And we give it away free, if it is convenient, and we don't
have to haul it too far... ( if there is no other place , too far,, might be
quit far )
So ,,, I would suggest running an ad,, or calling all of the excavating
companies in your area,, and if that fails put a sign up at the road...
""  Clay Fill Wanted  ""  Inquire @  XXX-XXXX ""
You might not get what you need right away,,but once the contractors
know you are there,,, You might be able to get them to build a road,
just to get into your sight.  And be prepared to get alot more than
you need.....And if it a big deal for them to use your place,,,
negotiate, for leveling of the piles after they are done... we do
that, just for PR reasons....  ~¿~   bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "dtebb" <dtebb at alternatives.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Cob: commercial clay


> Hi Brad,
>
> Almost any clay will work. The closer to your site the better obviously.
> Clay from an industrial supplier would probably be very good quality with
> few stones in it so easier to use in a mortar mixer or on your feet. My
> clay came from two building sites here in Vancouver, BC. Bricklayers sand
> is perfect. Any medium to fine grained sand will work. Don't use round
> beach sand. We got our sand free from a cement plant in the city. White
> clay (kaolin/porcelin) and white sand (silica?) is most often used for
> finishing plasters. White clay is expensive to buy and is usually in
powder
> form. You are lucky if you can find it free.
>
> Good luck,
> Ian Marcuse
>
>
> >I gather most people are using clay dug on site.
> >
> >Has anyone tried using clay from a brickworks or some other industrial
> >supplier?
> >
> >Or are people getting clay from some building excavation site?
> >
> >I live in suburbia and don't really need to dig a big hole in the ground.
> >
> >And what about sand?  Do people use bricklayer's sand or something like
> >that?
> >
> >
> >Has anyone tried white clay with white sand?
>
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