[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 9, Issue 159

[jacques marmen]

alternative to concrete foundation is the rubble trench. Look it up! it is
very simple... a trench dug to frost line and slopping out to sunlight away
from the building. drainage pipe at the bottom, line it, and fill it with
drainrock. tamp it down to ground level or let it settle a year, and build
your foundation on top of that. simplest, cheapest. if you have a deep
frostline (like me ) you will be diggin hard. and if you're using hand
tools ( like me) you will get tired! but if you don't do it wrong, it'll
only ever have to be done once.


On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:00 PM, <coblist-request at deatech.com> wrote:

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> 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?
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> 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
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> > a first time project.? If anyone wants to volunteer some help I will not
> > say no.
> > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:45:56 -0600
> > 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
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> > 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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