Cob: rats?

[D.J. Henman]

Sheila,
    Rats, prefer wood stick houses and straw in barns than inside of 
earth or in dirt walls.  By just having a cob wall, you will have less 
attraction to rats.  They love the space between wall studs, and the 
crawl space underneath..   They make nice nests.  

   Dirt floors the same.  I you want you can make a slightly moist mix 
of soil and lime and then tamper this to make a hard earthen floor.

Darel

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Sheila wrote:

> 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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