Cob: strawbale/cob on the inside

[Paul]

	The thermal mass on the inside of the insulation needs to pick up heat
from south-facing glass that traps heat inside. Otherwise, with no heat
source inside from the sun or fuel, there would be no point in having any
insulation at all.


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On 2/13/02 at 12:02 PM Darel Henman wrote:

>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