Cob: Flooding questions

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Dorothy Bothne wrote:

> Shannon,
> code now requires that any building that is built in the hundred year
> floodplain must have a finished floor elevation at 1 foot above the
> flood plain.  Also, any portion of the building (ie storage rooms,
> garages, crawl spaces etc. that are below the floodplain are required to
> have 1sq in. opening in the wall at less than 12" above grade for every
> sq ft of floor space.
> Dorothy Bothne

I think the above was probably meant for the list.

Of course, the standard recommendation for building with cob is never
build in or near a flood plain.


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