[Cob] Re: Sanders' cob staircase

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Barbara,

It tapers to a good width for a handrail. Being so tall, swooping, and 
smoothly tapered makes it hard to tell how much thicker the base is. The 
top edge is slim for cob, but perhaps not quite as thin as the impression 
created by the scale of it's surroundings. In any case, it felt perfectly 
sturdy. As of when I was there (early fall) it was still unfinished - 
awaiting the preferences of whoever ends up buying the house.

The structure to the east of the courtyard (labeled "storage" on the 
floorplan) is also cob. There are no photos of that part in that book (nor 
in any other that I'm aware of).

Sarah

At 07:58 PM 3/3/2004 -0800, Barbara Roemer and Glenn Miller wrote:
>Sarah,
>
>Your timing was perfect for me!  I just bought Catherine Waneck's new book
>today which features that staircase on the back cover.  Peering at it and
>reading the article about the spec house told me nothing about the
>construction except the treads.  It looked too slim at the rail height to be
>cob - how wonderful that it is!  Do you know anymore about it?  Structurally
>I mean.
>
>Thanks
>
>Barbara
>Nevada City, CA