Cob: RE: Internal lintels?

[Joe Skeesick]

Personally I'd do the best I could to get the lintel flush with the cob and
then take whatever exterior render you're using over both surfaces. I think
a lime render would be much more successful at dealing with the long-term
stress of spanning those different surfaces than would a relatively thin
layer of cob.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-coblist at deatech.com [mailto:owner-coblist at deatech.com]On Behalf
Of Waiting4 TheDay
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:02 AM
To: coblist at deatech.com
Subject: Cob: Internal lintels?

Hello all,

Just when I thought I had it all figured out....  I'm wanting to put a large
window (5' long x 4' tall) in a very small round building.  While the window
won't be able to open, I'm not comfortable with putting something that large
into the wall without a lintel of some sort, particularly since the top of
the window will be about 2' or less from the top of the wall, which is
load-bearing.  Here's the question:  I'd rather not have a lintel showing on
either surface of the wall, so is it possible to have a fairly sturdy lintel
above the window but encased entirely within the wall?  Say a large log or
pair of 4x4 nailed together?

Thanks,

Chuck

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