Cob: Re: Cob Buildings in MD or VA?

Thu Mar 9 08:30:07 CST 2000

Not in Va. or Md., I'm in eastern WV.  I have a foundation half-done and "plan" on doing the walls late this summer.  You are welcome to come by to help and/or look around.  If you are interested, let me know and I'll send you all the pertinent info.  It's a fairly small building, about 200 square feet, south-facing, oval-shaped, with a dry-laid stone foundation three feet deep.

Just as an aside, if you are building a cob house in a cold area like mine which requires a deep foundation, I DO NOT recommend natural stone!  It takes forever!  Next one I build is gonna have a rubble trench foundation of 3 inch gravel dumped in up to the grade and natural stone on laid top of that.  Don't get me wrong, I love building with stone, but between gathering the rocks and then laying them up, we're talking alot of time.  If I didn't have a job I might have a different opinion.

Jud Malone
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Not in Va. or Md., I'm in eastern WV.  I have a 
foundation half-done and "plan" on doing the walls late this summer.  You 
are welcome to come by to help and/or look around.  If you are interested, 
let me know and I'll send you all the pertinent info.  It's a fairly small 
building, about 200 square feet, south-facing, oval-shaped, with a dry-laid 
stone foundation three feet deep.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Just as an aside, if you are building a cob house in a cold 
area like mine which requires a deep foundation, I <STRONG>DO NOT 
</STRONG>recommend natural stone!  It takes forever!  Next one I build 
is gonna have a rubble trench foundation of 3 inch gravel dumped in up to 
the grade and natural stone on laid top of that.  Don't get me wrong, I 
love building with stone, but between gathering the rocks and then laying them 
up, we're talking alot of time.  If I didn't have a job I might have a 
different opinion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Jud Malone</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>