[Cob] Cob House Fire

[Virgil Vaduva]

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
>
>
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