[Cob] bamboo ceiling in cob house

[Buckaroo Bonzai]

Pre-drilling holes for nails will prevent spliting.
It's best to use nails that wont rust.
Also not every stip has to be attached.  Some can be
tied to nailed down strips.

--- Raduazo at aol.com wrote:
> Dorothy: I assume you have a bamboo splitter for
> making the mats. If not you 
> can get them from the Hida Tool Company.
> www.hidatool.com. I put up a bamboo 
> lath for a cob wall and found that nailing bamboo
> with horse shoe nails will 
> result in stronger support because of the ease with
> which bamboo splits.
> Ed
> 



	
		
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