[Cob] thermal mass, insulation and "Ianto says"

[Joseph R Dupont]

get some aluminized mylar film to hang on the walls to reflect your body
heat back.
Also check your thyroid... you may have hypo thyroid which is an epidemic
 at this point.


On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:54:27 -0400 "Quinn" <quinn1 at mindspring.com>
writes:
> Another consideration that no one has mentioned is -how warm is warm? 
>  
> 
> As a thin 40-something woman, I always find that I am cold while at 
> work at the hardware store where the temperature is kept around 68.  
> Nearly everyone else is male and quite comfortable.  I also sing in 
> a women's chorus where nearly everyone else is significantly 
> overweight, they are also comfortable where the few thin one's of us 
> wear sweaters in the air-conditioned room.  
> 
> Without records of ambient temperatures inside cob or strawbale or 
> alternative buildings (given various climates, building size, other 
> variables) and a foreknowledge of one's temperature comfort level, 
> it would be hard to say what would 'work' for one person or another 
> even in a similar environment.  [For instance, two dogs wouldn't 
> keep me warm in upstate NY winters even if I were sandwiched between 
> them!  ; )  ]
> 
> Quinn
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Amanda Peck wrote:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > > I'm too lazy to look it up, but as I remember it "IANTO SAYS" 
> that you're
> > > fine in a house you actually live in full-time with cob and no 
> extra wall
> > > insulation.  If you're going to use the building as a 
> once-a-week community
> > [snip]
> > 
> > I think some context is probably missing here, like what climate 
> the house
> > is in, and/or what heating system, etc.  Linda and Ianto's Cottage 
> is
> > heated (rocket bench stove of course), and designs they have done 
> for
> > colder climates have included things like a bale wrap to make up 
> for cob's
> > poor insulation.  You are not going to generate enough heat from 
> just
> > living in a cob house to keep it warm, <snip> 
> > Shannon C. Dealy      
> 
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