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Cob: steel reinforcementTaylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder tms at northcoast.comFri May 23 12:24:28 CDT 2003
My opinion---why mess with good thing? adding metal to a natural material that has been used for thousands of years by itself , is proven (ala' 5 story earth walls in Yemen, Africa, and elsewhere) and simple, very low cost to do... K.I.S.S ( the last S = sweetie). ya know. Metal will rust over time, so why have the expense and trouble of using it, plus the aggravation of future people to come upon metal eroding away as the building goes back to nature. Papercrete builders found placing pole, rebar, rods, etc inside walls only served to break the uniform mass, and the apeprcrete pulled away fromthe embedded material. this eweakens the wall at that point, allows moisture to collect ( metals do not absorb moisture as wood does, allowing water to soak onto the cob, straw or paper wall) Is your concer for code approval? mistrust of cob wall strength? earthquakes? Ms. Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com http://www.papercrete.com PO Box 375, Cutten (Eureka) CA 95534 707-441-1632 tms at northcoast.com
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