Cob Re: Carpet/cement per Pat

[Patrick Newberry]

Oh I forgot to mention: on the standing test below, the square 
mention below were placed on bricks at either end of the square and 
we stood in the middle, a span of 8 to 10 inches. 

pat



> 
> I'll will go ahead and start making some "test" sandwiches. 
> One test we did ealier here was using peanut shells and a small 
> amount of cement. Being in Geogia (not too far from Jimmy's place) I 
> have access to as many peanut shells as I want for free. We mixed 
> them with cement and made inch and a half thick squares. I stood 
> gently on it (about 150 lbs) and it  held. My son stood on it and it 
> broke (about 250 lbs) I have thought this might be an interesting 
> middle layer for the roof as the weight of  the squares as much less 
> than  a cement square would be. 
>