Cob: strawbale/cob on the inside
Darel Henman
henman at it.to-be.co.jp
Tue Feb 12 21:02:39 CST 2002
Cob and earthen plasters do this naturally.
toswink wrote:
>
> > But if the thermal mass is insulated from the outside sun, how does it
> pick
> > up the energy to re-radiate.....
>
> Think of inside wall as a heat sink. But then understand it retains both
> cool and warm heat .
> I knew once,but forgot how to make the walls pourous which allowed air to
> be captured and thus further enhanced the walls ablity to act as a sponge.
Cob, daub, and earthen and earth/lime plasters do this naturally.
Darel