[Cob] (Cob) timberframe infill

[Barbara Roemer]

Bob,

A number of people use straw clay mixed in a rotating drum and fork it into
a slip form - works fine even for curves.  You might take a look at Robert
LaPorte's book, EcoNest, which features a timberframed house with Larsen
trusses and straw clay infill mixed just that way & installed with form
boards.  See the Hovemann/Weaver place.  There were several large plywood
bins which could be lifted to the appropriate height for working with forks
on a tractor or forklift.  Form boards were all made up in advance, and with
a big, efficient, cooperative crew & excellent planning on the owners'
parts, we mixed & put up about 90% of the straw clay infill in one day on a
modest sized home.

Barbara