[Cob] (no subject)

[Shody Ryon]

Hi,
Are you saying that if you do not level the walls, up
hill to down hill, one side is 3 to 4 higher that the
other side and if you do level them, the uphill side
would be dug to a level of 3 to 4 feet?
The reaso I am asking is because the amount of
pressure on the wall will increase with how high the
dirt is stacked on one side.
I have not built with cob before, but this type of
pressure can be very strong and cob may not be the
best material for this for a number of reasons.
Cheers,
Shody 
--- Damon Howell <dhowell at pickensprogress.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 	I have a building that is set into a hill. I was
> wondering if I make  
> the top of the walls level all the way across, how
> much gravity would  
> pull on the extra weight of the lower side of the
> building. Do you  
> think it would cause the building to "fall"
> downhill? What if I don't  
> worry about the tops of the walls being level. In
> which case my cone  
> roof would be lower on one side by 3-4 feet.
> 
> Damon Howell
> NGA
> 
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