Cob: Interior walls

[Briggs WebDesign]

Shannon,
what would the limit be for an S - curved wall? This organic look is what 
my wife really loves from the
cob homes she has seen...if we were going to use all straight walls we 
would be using cordwood.

BTW, when I say limit, I mean the depth of the curve against the overall 
wall lenght/height.  I am assuming that the deeper the curve, the more 
stable the wall.  Is there some way to quantify this?

Cheers,
Hos

At 23:07 3/9/03 -0800, you wrote:
>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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