Cob RE: light-clay

[Frank Duffy]

In message <01bd3e6c$e3ab8220$cf61d6cc at home.efn.org>, Robert Bolman
<robtb at efn.org> writes
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>>Is what you are calling Light-Clay what I would call LECA or Lightweight
>>Expanded Clay Aggregate.
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>Frank,
>What people on this list are referring to as "Light Clay" is straw that has
>been made gooey by mixing it with clay slip.  It is then rammed into
>forms -typically between posts in a post & beam building - and then left to
>dry.  It makes a natural and rather insulative wall material.
>Thanks anyway,
>Robert Bolman
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I msut admit I thought that LECA was surprisingly "manufactured" to be
of interest.
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Frank Duffy