Cob: Re: greenhouse start

Tue Jun 12 22:43:51 CDT 2001

Hi there. Do you have photos to show? And what, exactly is the mix you put into the cement mixer? Would you tell the approximate proportions of ingredients, and also how long the cement mixer has to mix to get the consistency for the cob?
Do you plan on putting insulation between the two cob walls?

Will the sticks be a fire hazard? How thick and what kind and are they fully dried? Will they shrink and cause problems? Your methods sound so efficient, in comparison with jumping around on muck/straw on tarpaulins...how come nobody's thought of this? Seems brill.

Can you give more details, and if you scan photos in it will really help for those  of us who are researching but haven't done any of this yet. I'm about to start a cob wall...short, on one of my property boundaries. If I put soil right up against it, once it's cured, will the dampness of the soil cause the wall to reduce to muck?

The wall, then, would delineate that boundary (neighbours are touchy about "encroachment") and serve to contain soil for garden on the sloped side of my property...IF the cob wil ldo that. The wall will be only about 3 feet high. Diana in Victoria
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Tempus Sans ITC" size=4>Hi there. Do you have photos to 
show? And what, exactly is the mix you put into the cement mixer? Would you tell 
the approximate proportions of ingredients, and also how long the cement mixer 
has to mix to get the consistency for the cob?<BR>Do you plan on putting 
insulation between the two cob walls?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Tempus Sans ITC" size=4>Will the sticks be a fire 
hazard? How thick and what kind and are they fully dried? Will they shrink and 
cause problems? Your methods sound so efficient, in comparison with jumping 
around on muck/straw on tarpaulins...how come nobody's thought of this? Seems 
brill.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Tempus Sans ITC" size=4>Can you give more details, and 
if you scan photos in it will really help for those  of us who are 
researching but haven't done any of this yet. I'm about to start a cob 
wall...short, on one of my property boundaries. If I put soil right up against 
it, once it's cured, will the dampness of the soil cause the wall to reduce to 
muck?<BR><BR>The wall, then, would delineate that boundary (neighbours are 
touchy about "encroachment") and serve to contain soil for garden on the sloped 
side of my property...IF the cob wil ldo that. The wall will be only about 3 
feet high. Diana in 
Victoria</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>