Cob: rats?

[Amanda Peck]

Ask yourself:  Are rats really likely to want to chew through a foot and a 
half of pretty compressed clay, sand and straw mix?  Will they want to 
tunnel through earth that has been pounded so that dropping a couple of feet 
worth of telephone pole on it doesn't leave a dent?  Straw isn't terribly 
edible makes nice nesting material, and maybe a nice nesting place if it's 
loose.  Might be a good reason not to have a thatch roof, if the rats are 
bad in your area, though.

............

I was wondering about rats living in, under and around a cob house - 
especially the ones with the dirt floors. I live on a farm and I find rat 
holes near the barns at ground level, 6 feet off the ground, in the field, 
under a board - anywhere. Seems like a cob house with a dirt floor would 
leave itself open to rat hole potential.

How do you create a less enticing place for the little guys?

Sheila.



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