Cob: Re: Aluminun foil

[Ocean]

With an R-Value for strawbales rumored to exceed R-45, I wouldn't worry a
bit about heat leaking from the interior cob out through the northery
walls...

And I think the foil would create a vapor problem...

> From: "Kate Searfoss" <cob4k8 at hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Kate Searfoss" <cob4k8 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:36:14 -0600
> To: coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: Cob: re: cob/strawbale ???
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> 
> Greetings!
> 
> I have been folowing this thread with interest because I may need to
> build hybrid.  Bear in mind that I know just a bit shy of nothing(i.e. no
> experience.) The idea that keeps kicking around in my brain is a way to keep
> the solar or heating gain in the cob from "leaking' out to the strawbale
> insulation on the northerly walls.
> 
> Maybe someone can clue me in as to the feasibility of putting a layer of
> cob on the strawbale, then a sheet of aluminum foil reflecting toward the
> interior, finishing with the rest of my cob wall.   My thinking is that a
> none continuous layer of reflective material would reflect heat back into
> the house and still not create a vapor barrier.
> 
> I don't think the cost would be prohibitive.
> 
> Let me know what you think.
> 
> curious,
> 
> k8
> 
> 
> "GRRRRRRRRRRRRR       DAMN THE PERMITS. FULL SPEED AHEAD.
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> plant a barrier hedgerow and build behind it!"
> 
> David Knowlton '01
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