Cob wires

[Diane Dornbusch]

Hi
I'm new to the coblist and wonder if there is a good book on cob building
one can buy.
Thank you
Aley
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Saunby <mike at Chook.Demon.Co.UK>
To: coblist at deatech.com <coblist at deatech.com>
Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: Cob wires


>On 21 January 1999 18:49, TraceyRed at aol.com [SMTP:TraceyRed at aol.com] wrote:
>> Could you lay pvc pipe in the walls and run the wiring through them?
> That way
>> when you needed to repair or replace them, they would be easily
>accessible.
>>
>
>I'd also suggest using the idea in "How buildings learn" of photographing
>any hidden pipes, ducts, wires, studs, etc, before they get hidden.  Any
>house worth having will out live the services you install so knowing where,
>and even what they are will be important in 10, 20, 30, 40, 50... years
>times.  Just think what the services in a 100 year old house might be, lead
>water pipes, lead gas pipes for lights, and not a great deal more.  Today
>you might put cables for mains powered lights, TV coax, phones in every
>room.  Next year your lights will be low voltage and closer to the floor,
>your TV, computers, phones, etc. will use microwave signals to exchange
>data so very few cables will be needed........
>
>> I'm definitely not speaking from experience.  I'm still in the planning
>stages
>> of doing my first cob project (a cob oven).
>
>I doubt experience would help anyway.
>
>Michael Saunby
>