Cob: tra cotta pipes,insul

[Amanda Peck]

If you were to do the passive solar bit, south-facing windows, with enough 
of an overhang (or awnings, or arbor) to be sheltered in the summer, 
possibly with the windows screened in the summer, opened only enough that 
the rain is extremely unlikely to come in, then the building might be 
comfortable all year.

A variant of the rocket stove has the firebox and the main air intake
outside the building (under the aforementioned overhang), channels in a cob 
bench across the inside, a chimney up on the other side.  Kind of like the 
roman floor system.  Burn fast and hot to heat up the bench, then the room 
stays OK for a good long while. Bunches of places to look for advice--Becky 
Bee on the hot tub, Hand sculpted house, Charmaine Taylor has I think some 
other sources.

More or less what I am planning for a tiny "office" in the tractor's garage.

Cat wonders about a cold kitty in a tiny cob building in the winter, not to 
mention an overheated one in the summer.

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