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Cob: suggestions??Shannon C. Dealy dealy at deatech.comWed Oct 2 22:27:43 CDT 2002
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Aile Eagle Bear wrote: [snip] > wall... wood wall is lined with lava rock...which I have an over > abundance of... and all this has been filled in with cob > material...minus straw...as no load bearing needed (I have a natural The straw is primarily for tensile strength rather than compressive/load bearing strength, and given the likely expansion/contraction of the metal stove inside the cob, you might need the straw to help hold it together. > good sand/clay soil mix where I live so have merely added some lime to > soil and added water...mixed and shaped....) I have a short pipe with > draft control... and plan to place cob around this three feet of > pipe...then form rest of pipe with cob... also I thought I would try and [snip] Don't know how well this will work, but I think you would be better off using stove pipe inside of the cob for the entire run rather than trying to form a pipe out of cob. The stove pipe will give you a form to work around, and will prevent any exhaust from the stove getting out into the room. Shannon C. Dealy | DeaTech Research Inc. dealy at deatech.com | - Custom Software Development - | Embedded Systems, Real-time, Device Drivers Phone: (800) 467-5820 | Networking, Scientific & Engineering Applications or: (541) 451-5177 | www.deatech.com
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