Cob:

[Amanda Peck]

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From: "Sheila Allan" <allan at direct.ca>
To: "Amanda Peck" 
<ap615 at hotmail.com>,<writejill1 at cox.net>,<coblist at deatech.com>
Subject: Re: Cob:
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:44:11 -0800

Hello, I'm new. I have a question about this method. Sounds like you throw
rocks in between to pieces of plywood and pour cement in the top. It seems
to me that there would be a lot of gaps in between the rocks using this
method. Am I not picturing it right? Are the sections of plywood really low
or is the cement incredibly wet?

Thanks,
-Sheila



 > http://www.homestead.org/rockwork.htm
 >
 > There is another method that gives nice flat walls; it is much faster and
 > you can use any shape rocks you wish. This method was described by Helen
And
 > Scott Nearing, but many of the present-day homesteaders have never read
 > their books. For this method you use two (or more) sheets of plywood for
the
 > "forms" for your walls. Set the plywood in place on the foundation and 
use
 > some wire to hold them apart for the width of wall that you want. I drill
 > several matching holes in the two sheets of plywood, so that the wires
will
 > line up. Pieces of wood, cut to the right size, can be used to hold the
 > plywood apart until you can drop some rocks between them. You will need
some
 > 2"X4"s to support the forms from the outside as well. Once you have 
enough
 > rocks in your "form" to hold them in place, remove the pieces of wood.
Then
 > fill the rest of the area between the plywood with stones and once it is
 > full, pour in a wet cement mix. You want it wet enough that it will fill
all
 > of the spaces between the rocks. Once it has set up, cut the wires 
holding
 > the plywood in place and move it to the next section of wall to be built.
 > Using this method, you can be laying up one section of wall while another
is
 > setting up. This method gives nice flat, straight walls and you can use
any
 > shape rocks. This is just about the only way to use rounded river stone
for
 > walls.
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > Jill wants to know the translation of the British here.
 >
 > http://www.endersonbrowns.demon.co.uk/cob/index.html
 >
 > I don't understand what they are explaining, the trough.. say it again?
 >
 >
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