Cob: prefab clay panels

[*Lootvik*]

Hi Charmaine,

... five month pause! ...
Can these "lehmbauplatte" be used as wall partitions?
It sounds like he's using 8-10 layers of burlap.  It doesn't sound very 
economical unless you're getting free fabric from somewhere.  But it's 
still interesting if it will work for a thin wall.

*Lootvik*

5/23/2001 you wrote:
>Hi Harriet. There is a big article on clay and fiber embedded panels in
>the 1993-1997 issue of Joiner's Quarterly. Written by Frank Andresen
>German clay builder, it talks about testing laying sheets of jute
>(burlap and other) fabric on a large flat table, then buttering with a
>layer of clay-straw ( or sawdust) fiber, then next layer laid crosswise,
>then more clay paste, about 8-10 layers I think..called "lehmbauplatte",
>it is not commerically done as its too expensive, BUT the O Builder can
>use their time to make them just fine.
>
>JQ is put out  Fox Maple Scool of building in ME at 207-935-3720, the
>back issue sells for $6.50 and it worht it. Frank wrote 3 articles over
>a 5 year peiod,  "OMuddy CLay/...:, "Loam not Foam", and one on light
>stray clay infill.
>
>You can easily try this with some burlap or old potato sacks yourselft,
>but the straw must be very fine, I  use sawdust for most of my
>experiments and it works fine.
>
>Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
>PO Box 6985, Eureka CA 95502
>707-441-1632
>http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com