Cob: Difficult to build uson>>mall cob housing

[Wendy Smyer Yu]

Now that's interesting ... I know everyone knows what "Ianto says" BUT did I 
totally misread that little bit in Hand Sculpted House about how it could be 
done (without implications of how difficult it'd really be)???

(I am, and will be until the day after tomorrow, only able to comment 
theoretically (which is of no use) but after this coming week's wall-raising 
in No.CA perhaps will have something constructive to ask/share)....
Wendy


>From: Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder <tms at northcoast.com>
>To: Wendy Smyer Yu <creeksinger at hotmail.com>,  coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: Cob: Difficult  to build uson>>mall cob housing
>Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 10:28:18 -0700
>
>- the fact that a cob house can be built upon, changed, adapted.
>
>Chuckle...talk to Elishiva and Misha who built a cob house in N. CA,  and 
>assumed they could just "knock" out a wall whenever they wanted to add a 
>room or door.
>
>this is some info on their site:
>http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/cobhouse.html
>
>Elishiva said  the cured cob was so hard it took 3 long weeks with a pick 
>ax (tough manual labor) to open a small window portal thruh the thick cob.  
>They assumed it would be easy too...we all keep trading this same 
>information on how it can be added on to etc. which is TRUE,   but this was 
>a real wake up call.  PLAN where you will want a future  doorway,  or frame 
>it in, and infill with light straw clay or something....I carefully 
>observed what had to be done on  their  cob wall, and she was right, cob 
>dries as hard rock.
>
>Anyone else have an easier time of it? We need anecdotal evidence so the 
>real work tally can be known.
>
>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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