[Cob] wood inside cob

[Dulane]

After a little reflection on the subject, I think it would be better to say
that nails can rust if there is a lot of moisture still in the cob. But
thankfully my little cabin did eventually dry. I cobbed all summer and into
November. It didn't actually dry (rainy Seattle) until late spring. If the
cob has good drying conditions, I doubt if embedded metal would rust much.

In hot dry conditions cob can dry in a couple days. 

Sounds like a simple enough experiment. We'd just have to make a cob brick
with a nail embedded into a chunk of wood and let it sit a year or two,
outside in a dry location.

So many of our perceptions have to do with where we are located. Like who
would cob barefoot in November, when it is in the mid-50's? But it sounds
like a great idea in mid-summer when the clay almost melts by itself.



-----Original Message-----
From: Damon Howell [mailto:dhowell at pickensprogress.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 6:37 AM
To: Dulane
Subject: Re: [Cob] wood inside cob

Thanks for the response.



On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Dulane wrote:

> Good question, because I've seen bent nails become rusted when used  
> as a
> 'grip' for the cob to hang onto around window frames. But I had a long
> drying-out period in the fall, and the nails were well-used before  
> I got
> ahold of them.
>
> You know what I think would last forever is nylon rope. Even the  
> plastic
> baling twine. I used some plastic coated cable to tie in some of my  
> roof
> beams.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com [mailto:coblist- 
> bounces at deatech.com] On
> Behalf Of Damon Howell
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:15 PM
> To: coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: [Cob] wood inside cob
>
> I'm a little concerned about my door and window frames rotting. The
> hand sculpted house says to use fire wood and tie wire around it to
> anchor the rafters. Will the wire rust and the logs rot, or will it
> last well beyond my years?
>
> Damon in GA
>
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