[Cob] Engineered Cob House Plans

[Jill Hogan]

Are they both cob ?. Why is the second one covered with shingles does 
that weather protect it?

Jill

On 2010/02/10 03:45 PM, Mark Piepkorn wrote:
> Here are two pictures I took of cob houses in northern New York, built 
> in the 1830s, still occupied.
> http://www.potkettleblack.com/potkettleblog/crypt04/04_04-10_08.jpg
> http://www.potkettleblack.com/potkettleblog/crypt04/04_04-10_09.jpg
>
> Here's a good read - "Earthen Architecture in the Northern United 
> States: European Traditions in Earthen Construction."
> http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/22-6/22-06-7.pdf
>
> I'm just sayin'.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On 2/9/2010 7:02 PM, yewberry at wavecable.com wrote:
>>  Damon Howell wrote:
>>
>>>  I'm sorry, but every time a new formless  building is erected with
>>>  cob a disservice is done to our current  predicament . That would be
>>>  that honest individuals who want to obey  the law cannot build
>>>  because most cobbers are looked at as clueless.
>
>
>
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