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[Cob] strawbale, geodesic domes, and igloosJonathan Walther krooger at debian.orgThu Jul 22 21:11:30 CDT 2004
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 01:21:47PM -0600, Dognyard wrote: >> Which raises the inevitable question: how on earth would you keep moisture >> out of the strawbales when you plaster it with cob inside and out? > >You don't. You let it breath. Just like a purely cob home. It's >inevitable that moisture gets in. You just have to let it get back out again. Yes. My understanding is that you get the moisture down to a certain level then keep it there. If it fluctuates a little bit, no problem. Even plaster breathes a little bit. The key is that the internal humidity never goes above a certain percentage. I've never built a cob or straw bale house. Is this correct? Jonathan -- Eukleia: Jonathan Walther Address: 12706 99 Ave, Surrey, BC V3V2P8 (Canada) Contact: 604-582-9308 (between 7am and 10pm, PST) Website: http://reactor-core.org
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