[Cob] Building Codes

[Shody Ryon]

Hi,
If the city code offcials are worried about the
structure falling in under comprestive or lateral
load, why would putting said structure under load not
satisfy that part of the requirement? It would
directly test what is being questioned, and punishment
for poor build practices would be poetically
appropiate. I don't agree  with retributive justice,
but why tap dance around the issue and the question
and not address it directly? 
As to degrading under wet conditions, could water be
sprayed on the structure for a determined length of
time with analysis afterward?
Special attention could be focused on roof and ground
water drains.
most building will fail if exposed to water
inappropiatley over time, cob should not be singled
out in this way?
I have been asking this question with expecting a
response up until now, but I beginning to feel
frustrated with the way people approach this subject.
If cob is as good or better than other methods, lets
see it in real time!
If not, wouldn't anyone like to know??
So who is going to explain what this idea wouldn't
work?
The obvious reason is that codes are not about safty,
they are about marketing building material. If that is
the case, lets publish that with enless letters to the
editors, but why not start with the building
department? If that goes now here, then we know where
the area lies, and it is not about building safe
buildings. Perhaps some building department use safety
as their guide and others only do buiness with the
deep pockets of big business...
granted people should be able to opt out of the permit
process, but people should also be able to opt in with
paid for on site direct testing of what is being
questioned and what the likely weakness of any given
building material.
One possible problem with opting out is flying debris
from a building that can not with stand wind loads and
up lift on the roof.
Shody


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