[Cob] roof first, roof second...posts?

[Patrick Newberry]

I went with the roof first because I knew I would be building a a very
slow pace. (took several years). Of course living in a climate such as
middle Georgia gives us, not having walls was not too big a deal. 

I used local timber as well to support the roof but did not remove them
but rather they are build into the house. We just build the cob wall up
to the roof.  One good thing is that since in most places they are
located such  they have proved useful for hanging stuff, nailing into
etc.

Pat.

>
> My wife and I are deep in planning stages for our *huge* cob house
project.
> Well, not that huge, but maybe bigger than some.  Anyway, we're trying
to
> decide about the roof.  Whether to build it first, and then build the
walls
> up around it, or build the cob walls up and use them as the load
bearing
> part to hold the roof up.
>