[Cob] Attaching a roof to cob columns

[Henry Raduazo]

Kevin: I would suggest a dead man anchor. A dead man anchor is a  
piece of scrap wood buried in the mud a foot or so below the cross  
beams and attached to the cross beams by means of a wire cable or a  
thin stick. The wire can be wrapped around the dead man and will  
extend perpendicular to the dead man to the beam. It will be wrapped  
around the beam and attached to the beam by wire staple or horse shoe  
nails.
	The thin stick is attached first to the dead man with screws when it  
is buried in the wall and then attached to the roof beams by screws  
when the pillar is high enough to support the beams.

Ed
On Jul 8, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Kevin Brown wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I'm building a gathering place of sorts in central Montana (Big Sky
> Country) and am building a roof with two cross beams attached to cob
> pillars. Any suggestions on how to attach the roof to the pillars?
> The surface area of the top of the pillars will roughly be 16-20" x
> 16-20". Thanks
>
> Kevin Brown
>
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