Cob: Cattied fireplaces-straw wattles

[Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder]

Clay and stick fireplaces are called Catties,  or cattied fireplaces, 
and since clay does not burn, as in a cob oven it has been used for 
centuries.  Clay coated sticks are wider at the bottom, narrow as they 
go up, built as a 4 sided rectangle, small at the top

John Vivian has   nice drawings of a cattie in his "Wood Heat"  book 
from the 1970s/  Personally I love the look of them, and if I had no 
stone, or few, I would consider this method
(stone is the base only, and Vivian shows how to use a big juice can to 
make the innner flue.

SO in essence y' got a tall rocket stove without the benefits of a cob 
bench connected, but they work!

Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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