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update from down under.patrick newberry goshawk at gnat.netTue Oct 8 21:34:18 CDT 1996
.My previous concrete bond question was probably more of an effort to generate some activity on the cob list. Hell I haven't got the foundation started yet....anyway the Knock Knock is anyone there seemed to do the job just fine. The asphalt emulsion test I did was just painting the stuff on top of the earth plaster. I agree about the wide overhangs and in fact plan on putting a screen-in porch all the way around my building so again just thinking out loud. I figure this will be a nice place to hang out during the hot Georgia summers. but it really did stick quite well to the cob so it could be used to treat the bottom foot or so to help protect it from water. Plus it was a nice shade of black. I won't do much but I will put in one sectionjust to see if it peals off at some point. (experience is the best teacher) I'm not going to get into it now but I hope to be working on my foundation this winter (yup we can get 50's and 60's even in winter here!) Plus I plan on making arrangements for bringing in a truck load of clay. I am guessing here but a dump truck holds about maybe 15 tons of clay. being that this is about 20 percent of the cob mixture, I will obtain the sand on site, actually I plan on getting it from our road. We live about a mile down a sand road and the county roads folks come down every so often and level out the road which results in a wall of sand on both sides of the road not unlike the wall of snow for you northern folks when the snow plow come by in winter. It has very little organic material in it and it is very easy to dig. OK so now I can dig up to 60 tons (oh my god that sounds like a lot) of sand. I haven't a clue as to calculate the amount of straw in bales but anyway what I begin to wonder is how long of a wall can one build with 75 tons of cob? well I guess I am going to find out. (I know how high and wide ...8 foot high and 1 1/2 feet wide) Since I have to bring these things to the site, I was just trying to figure on how much to get before hand. of course I haven't taken into account the floor or my fireplace! Take care Pat
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