Cob a cob code mission for all cobbers day

[Jeffrey Kirsch]

Well, the structures that are still standing have passed with flying colors.
What about the ones that may have failed? We can learn a lot from 
them, but unless they failed recently and some analysis was 
applied to the design and construction, we don't have much.
It could well be that some clever method we come up with was 
tried three centuries ago and didn't work. Who's to know? Nothing 
like re-inventing the wheel!
Which leads me to an idea. How about the cob builders out there 
documenting their buildings. Patrick Newberry has done a great job 
of this, and I have learned a lot from him (and Patrick, I do want to 
visit you sometime). But there seems to be not much else out 
there. Perhaps a central repository of drawings, photos, 
construction notes, etc. someplace online. I'm especially 
interested in the failures, as we can learn a lot about what not to do.
Sound fun?

-Jeffrey
From:           	<Ecoarcht at aol.com>
Date sent:      	Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:48:46 EDT


> I agree, but can't we use the evidence of existing "cob" structures
> hundreds of years old to help bring this about? I hear so many talking
> about cob as if it was un-tried. Has it not withstood the test of time
> with flying colors? ~~howard