Cob: steel

Tue Mar 12 17:26:43 CST 2002

I am curious if this steel building is a "red iron" building? If so, couldn't pathways be cut into the iron periodicaly to allow cob to pass through which would continue the monolithic nature of cob. I don't know what thickness of walls you are thinking of, but if the metal is six inches wide, and you have 16 inches of cob for instance, you could cut 3 inch passages for the cob to link through. I've had to cut 3" holes for plumbing passages so I presume it would not affect the integrity of the metal posts. I haven't figured out if , as most red iron buildings, it is post and beam (like a pole barn) or if you are talking about metal studs. I do be curious. Good luck 
Paz, Pedro
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I am curious if this steel building is a 
"red iron" building? If so, couldn't pathways be cut into the iron 
periodicaly to allow cob to pass through which would continue the monolithic 
nature of cob. I don't know what thickness of walls you are thinking of, but if 
the metal is six inches wide, and you have 16 inches of cob for instance, you 
could cut 3 inch passages for the cob to link through. I've had to cut 3" 
holes for plumbing passages so I presume it would not affect the integrity of 
the metal posts. I haven't figured out if , as most red iron buildings, it is 
post and beam (like a pole barn) or if you are talking about metal studs. I do 
be curious. Good luck </FONT></DIV>
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