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[Cob] Cob House FireVirgil Vaduva vvaduva+coblist at gmail.comTue Mar 9 15:05:26 CST 2010
Yes, it sounds like the problem was not the "cob construction" itself, but rather the highly flammable organic roof on the house. A recycled copper or galvanized steel roof would have offered substantially better fire protection. I hope the family will recover soon and rebuild quickly..this is a devastating event in anyone's life. - virgil On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Dulane <silkworm at spiderhollow.com> wrote: > But...it can be rebuilt, as that is the nature of cob. One blessing, but > that is not a small thing. Maybe he can amend little design flaws and > develop some better fire protection techniques in his next model. Sometimes > we are faced with lessons we didn't know we were supposed to learn...ie. > taller chimneys, screened caps, heat deflectors, etc. > I don't mean to make light of a sad situation...but this doesn't make me > love cob any the less. > > -----Original Message----- > From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com [mailto:coblist-bounces at deatech.com] On > Behalf Of Janet Standeford > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:13 PM > To: coblist at deatech.com > Subject: Re: [Cob] Cob House Fire > > Kevin, > If you are seeing this, you and your family have my deepest heartfelt > sympathy. > > Janet Standeford OR > > > > _______________________________________________ > Coblist mailing list > Coblist at deatech.com > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist > > > _______________________________________________ > Coblist mailing list > Coblist at deatech.com > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist >
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