Cob: Interior walls

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Briggs WebDesign wrote:

> What is the best way to stablize the interior cob walls within the home?  I
> have a concern about the 8' walls and I'm sure that the good folk on the
> list can help me out here! :)

Usually, intersecting interior or exterior walls can be used to stabilize
an interior wall, if that is not possible or you have a long wall that you
feel needs more support, you could either put an "S" curve into the wall,
or build cob butresses into it on either side at regular intervals.

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