Cob and Cordwood

[Patrick Newberry]

I may have missed the discussion, but are your plans to just replace 
the cement/sawdust mixture with the cob?

Is the advantage, in your opinion that it would be faster?

What type of wood are you going to be using?

we have lots of scrub oaks around here which I think would be perfect 
but the task of skinning the trees is what slows me down on that 
idea.

speaking of skinning trees, I am skinning some vegas (ok maybe 
vegas-ets (smaller vegas). The wood is pine. After skinning them I 
have found two things. One they cracked a bit. I think that was 
because they were in the sun and dried too fast. The other 
interesting thing I notices is most have developed a greenish 
moldyness on the outside. Does anyone know if this is a normal 
reaction to the saps on from the tree? I figure just a light sanding 
should remove it. 


Pat.
somewhre in Mauk GA
http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk





> Date:          Fri, 22 May 1998 09:37:39 -0700
> From:          zod <scalzod at fred.fhcrc.org>
> To:            coblist at deatech.com
> Subject:       Cob and Cordwood
> Reply-to:      coblist at deatech.com

>     After reading through the archives using "cordwood" as a keyword, I
> am left wondering what happened with the discussion from a couple months
> ago.
>     Beyond the comparison of R values and the suggestion of forgoing the
> insulation layer, the discussion seemed to have stopped.  Did the
> discussion move off list?
>     We are in the process of designing and building a cob/cordwood
> sauna, and don't mind being the experimental case.  We are interested in
> thoughts and suggestions about the process though.  Does anyone have any
> advice?
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
>