[Cob] Engineered Cob House Plans

[Mark Piepkorn]

Hi Jill,

     They're both cob, most likely shuttered cob - made using forms. The 
second one did have the lap siding added many years ago to protect it 
from erosion, which the first one has suffered significantly. An entire 
corner had been nearly washed entirely away on that one due to a gutter 
failure, and was replaced with concrete blocks. Large patches, some of 
them stabilized with cement (argh), were delaminating from the walls in 
various places when I was there. The overhangs are entirely inadequate. 
The house has survived for a good long life, but only through active, 
major, and sometimes structurally spooky maintenance. It's pretty, but 
not a good model to follow in that climate. It was a wise decision to 
add siding on the first (and older) one.

Mark


On 2/10/2010 3:35 PM, Jill Hogan wrote:
> 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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