Cob: RE: Cob insulation idea

[Charmaine R Taylor]

Jak and Jen, another form of slip straw is the woodchip/clay or sawdust 
clay "salad" toss that combines shredded wood fiber ( aka chips and 
sawdust)   There are also workships by  Fox Maple in ME, and I 
volunteered at a workshop they gave this summer in Portland OR, where a 
hiuge timberframe  Chinese medicaine clinic is beign built.  to see 
someinfo on this method--go to  Clay workshop:
http://www.foxmaple.com/corbettwk.html#Alternative Infill Systems

Personally, in cold weather areas this seems an excellent method, where 
the infill is very insulating, and a thick COB plaster/wall can still be 
placed over for a totally natural wall syste, Using lime plasters 
exterior is good too,

Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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