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[Cob] Engineered Cob House PlansJanet Standeford janet.standeford at gmail.comFri Feb 12 19:35:34 CST 2010
No. Curvy and rounded isn't so much the reason but the haphazard look of many of those is. Actually ungraded lumber can be used if a Civil Engineer approves it. I'm using fir off my property and having it peeled at a mill for around a hundred dollars. To keep it simple, I'll cut 35 _7-8 "_ 12 foot poles and 10 _10 1/2" to 11 1/2"_ 12 foot poles. They said as log as I give advance notice they will run them through while I wait. The store bought lumber I'll use is very minimal. Oh, btw folks: I have to make a correction. My cob walls will only be up to 8 feet with about 6 - 7 feet above that on the length of the south side with a slanted shed roof coming off that toward the north. They will be 3 feet wide with 14" earth bags in the center. The outer cob wall will be 3-4 inches thick with 3/4 inch portland cement over that and the inner cob wall will be 16" thick. I'm getting ready to make mini bricks to find the strongest mix and I just found out the psi testing will cost $100 so I'll use my strongest mini recipe for those 4 cylinders. > I don't think curvy contemporary structures are to blame for cob and > other materials and methods not being in the code, or that they make > it harder for those materials and methods to be adopted. Without > standardized materials that offer consistent performance and > proscriptive methods of use, the code folks are understandably in a > bit of a bind. It's the same reason that ungraded lumber isn't allowed > in structural use. For better or worse, stick is a known commodity in > the U.S., supported by giant industry and supported over time by sheer > numbers. I'm not saying that's good or right. > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Coblist mailing list > Coblist at deatech.com > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist >
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