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[Cob] RE: Susan's foundationRaduazo at aol.com Raduazo at aol.comMon Jan 10 17:40:39 CST 2005
In a message dated 1/10/2005 3:25:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, ap615 at hotmail.com writes: Didn't the codes for adobe block at one stage require rebar? Yes, for seismic zones 2A and 2B some code required rebar in rammed earth but in fact some papers suggest that rebar will weaken earth structures and there is not good way to place rebar in adobe. Note www.deatech.com/natural/cobinfo/adobe.html by Fred Webster, Ph. D. Seismic Engineer - Thoughts on Adobe Cob pages 6-9.
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