[Cob] roofing idea

[Marlin]

I would like to hear (maybe this has been discussed but I missed it) what ideas are about roofing solutions for Natural Building. It appears to be one of the toughest places to find 'perfect' solutions that are:

1) local/natural materials
2) not highly manufactured (homemade if possible)
3) work in cold/wet climates
4) aren't incredibly heavy to require an enormous superstructure (heavy is relative)
5) last for a long time and/or are easy to replace and recycle
6) fit an architectural beauty standard that many people would find beautiful/timeless (a lot of 'natural building' can be seen by the normies as looking weird)

I'm sure ALL of those standards will stir up some hornets on this list!

Walls seem to be able to be made that fit all of these (heavy isn't an issue for walls as much) but foundations and roofs have always been tougher..

Marlin Nissen


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-----Original Message-----
From:     Charmaine Taylor <tms at northcoast.com>
Sent:     Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:45:04 -0700
To:       "Grahams" <cfgraham at starpower.net>
Cc:       coblist at deatech.com
Subject:  Re: [Cob] roofing idea

Caroline --Roofing with the 1time use aluminum plates printers throw 
away has been suggested, as are flipping the used liscense plates over 
to the silver side and nailing them up.  Dan  Phillips, a creative 
builder in TX uses  them as siding,   www.phoenixcommotion.com

and I have seen images of them used as siding also in the book Rural 
Studio by Sam Mockabee.

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PO Box 375 Cutten CA   95534 707-441-1632
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On Jul 2, 2004, at 9:41 AM, Grahams wrote:

> Roofing seems to me to be one of the biggest expenses and most 
> difficult tasks.  I I thought I heard of someone making a roof out of 
> aluminum cans...anyone know about that? (Itseems like it would be LOTS 
> of effort.)
>
> Caroline
> _ 


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