Cob: Baked Houses

[Rosemary Lyndall Wemm]

Can anyone tell me how "ceramic" houses are made? From what I have 
been able to find so far, I get the impression that they were baked 
like some kind of iced mud pudding. 

How is the house heated up sufficiently?  Does the baking water-proof 
them of itself, or does this require glazing?  What is the glazing made 
of?  

I can understand how this might work for mud brick houses.  But what 
about the sacks in super-adobe houses?  What about the straw in cob 
houses?  


- Rosemary

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 Rosemary LYNDALL WEMM, 
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 Clinical Neuro-psychologist                             Perth/      \
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