[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 9, Issue 158

[jacques marmen]

cobworks and company have build a ton of cob on the very wet bc coast and
they have at least one completely unsheltered cob oven with a plaster
covered in linseed oil as far as i know. no damage after a few years.
you did make test batches? what did you use in your plaster and what was
your mix?

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:00 PM, <coblist-request at deatech.com> wrote:

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> Have been enjoying all the posts.? I am in the process of building a cob
> house here in central Georgia.? It will be 50' across so it may be big for
> a first time project.? If anyone wants to volunteer some help I will not
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> From: Matthew Caswell <caswellrienzo at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Cob] Cob DOES not resist our weather, and COWS.
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> Hiya,  I appreciate the help I got from this mail list earlier this year
> (guess what, it helped the most on a Philmont trek :] ).  At the beginning
> of our summer here (Illinoise, USA) I built a test cob wall and some test
> cob bricks.  I plastered them and such...and waited till winter.  What I
> found is that the cob re-mudified and literally washed away in the fall and
>  winter so far (we get wet winters).  I may build a facility out of cob
> here in the future, but I was wondering some ideas to plaster it
> effectively.  In Cimaron, New Mexico I observed some different plasters,
> one of which was thin boards of wood (pine, maybe) that were slanted at a
> 45? angle from the ground, which plastered the building.  On top of this
> was regular siding.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'm also looking
> for an alternative to concrete, gravel or rocks for foundation.  Thank you,
> Matt.
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