[Cob] Wool Batting for Insulation

[Dulane]

Glad to hear there might be some interest. People are welcome to email me 
direct. I would forward the emails to my daughter. Washing the wool will be 
interesting...but it just so happens they are on a creek, and may be able to 
rechannel water temporarily for this kind of project. Perhaps use a big tank 
for washing.

I heard you could put the wool in burlap bags and just throw it in the creek 
with a rope on it...but I don't know the environmental implications on some 
of this. (My daughter is a wetland biologist...and they are very 
concientious.)

I think the wool could be used for chinking and roof insulation. Maybe there 
are other uses too

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth Major" <bmajor3 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Dulane" <silkworm at spiderhollow.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Cob] Wool Batting for Insulation


| Hi!
| I'm not building yet, but I hope to be within a year.  I'd love natural
| insulation at a reasonable price, though wool takes quite a bit of effort.
| Let me know please what you all decide.
| Blessings,
| Beth
|
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: "Dulane" <silkworm at spiderhollow.com>
| To: "Cob" <coblist at deatech.com>
| Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:52 PM
| Subject: [Cob] Wool Batting for Insulation
|
|
| > Howdy!
| >
| > I am wondering about the possible demand for wool batting for use in
| > insulation for a cob building. It would, of course need to be 
washed...and
| > treated with Borax or similar debugger, and batted/woven together.
| >
| > The reason I'm asking is that my new son-in-law has a herd of 
sheep...and
| > is
| > looking for a market for the wool this spring. He recently moved here 
from
| > Belgium, and is trying to plan how to use the wool.
| >
| > For him, wool is secondary, as he uses the sheep for grazing sensitive
| > wetland areas, parks, etc...in lieu of needing herbicides.
| >
| > We are in Western WA.
| >
| >
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