Cob: layout a circle

Thu Jul 10 22:40:33 CDT 2003

hip:

Now THAT was a useful post. Thanks for the networking tips!

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:36:03 -0400 (EDT), phil <phawn1 at excite.com> wrote:

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> I just hammered a stake in the ground at the point I felt would be my 
> center, attached a string to the stake and measured out to half of the 
> circles width and then just used a shovel to mark the edge as I walked 
> the perimeter. I personally dug the foundation by hand (just me) and it 
> took 4 months in my spare time between downpours. As this building is 
> really just a practice house before the big house that worked fine. 
> However, for the big house I already have a backhoe lined up to dig the 
> foundation and the cellar and the greywater trench.
>
> As far as the plan goes, I didn't start drawing a plan until I finished 
> digging the foundation. I really wanted to see what shape it would be 
> (round I know, but I needed to see it in place) as it related to the 
> surrounding environment.
>
> As I've started a natural building coalition here (mtns of NC) I have 
> found that it is really easy to get people to come out and help. We have 
> a few people with varying levels of experience and even have a member who 
> is an architect/engineer. Start talking to people and network a bit. 
> There are those out there who have an interest and thought they were the 
> only ones.
>
> BB to you too,
> Phil
>
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> --- On Thu 07/10, JINNIFER DONALDSON < jinniferdonaldson at hotmail.com > 
> wrote:
> From: JINNIFER DONALDSON [mailto: jinniferdonaldson at hotmail.com]
> To: coblist at deatech.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:59:14 -0500
> Subject:
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> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV></div>ok in order to get some 
> man/woman power to help with building a cob house on your land what 
> courses do you have to take a cob cottage company? and how far ahaed do 
> you have to arrange it? can you just get advice on the planning of your 
> cob house? i have several preliminary sketches on what i want it to look 
> like inside and out i haven't purchased the land yet but we are working 
> on it(me and my friend) should you use a small ditch digger machine to 
> dig out the foundation? or should you dig it out by hand with a shovel? 
> (there is only two of us) i know you usually mark out the boundries of a 
> building at the four corners but what point of reference should you use 
> in a round building? our plan is for five small cottages in a circle 
> around a central kitchen building with a kitchen/courtyard garden around 
> it.how are you supposed to make plans to scale if you aren't and 
> archetect? help  i am having planning attacks.<BR><BR><BR>
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