Cob: Cob - Dirt Floor?

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Meagan McAleese wrote:

> Hello All,
> After all this talk about roofs, I have a question about floors.
> My structural engineer says that dirt floors can be quite nice, they can be
> packed down and then (glazed?) not quite sure. I looked on the net and all I
> get is basements/root cellars. I would like to know if any of you
> alternative housebuilding people have heard of this and if it's nice. I am
> interested in it because dirt has a much nicer price tag than does cement.
> But I fear it would it be cold I'm in Canada and dirt gets cold up here.
> Please let me know.

You are looking in the wrong place, try "earthen floors" for your search,
there are a bunch of postings in the coblist archives.

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