[Cob] hybrid systems(cobwood)

[phil]

I haven't experimented at all with paper pulp. One day...

Phil Hawn



 --- On Mon 11/10, Joseph R Dupont < joedupont at juno.com > wrote:
From: Joseph R Dupont [mailto: joedupont at juno.com]
To: phawn1 at excite.com
     Cc: coblist at deatech.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:33:47 -0500
Subject: Re: [Cob] hybrid systems(cobwood)

Wow.. that was interesting.. haveyou mixed the rock dust with paper<br>pulp?????<br>I'll have to look into that..<br>I've mixed  shale like dirt with paper pulp and made some very hard<br>blocks.<br><br><br>On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:14:42 -0500 (EST) "phil" <phawn1 at excite.com><br>writes:<br>> <br>> I spoke with Rob Roy in July and had a chance to question him on <br>> cobwood. He said that he didn't really have enough experience with <br>> cob to be able to comment too much on it. He said that it did look <br>> promising but that only time would tell.<br>> <br>> We have a coalition member who has begun her cobwood home. She has <br>> the framing completed and the second story closed in with panels. It <br>> is too late here to begin cob as we have freezing weather already. <br>> Come April we'll be ready to have cobwood workshops and everyone can <br>> learn together.<br>> <br>> Here in the mountains of North Carolina cob and cordwood make the <br>> most sense. Besides tourism, our only real industries are lumber and <br>> rock. There are always wood scraps available for free/cheap and I <br>> have had good success so far using rock dust in the place of sand. <br>> The price difference alone between rock dust ($9.50 a ton) and sand <br>> ($50.00 a ton) make rock dust the obvious choice as an aggregate in <br>> cob.<br>> <br>> Phil Hawn<br>> President<br>> The North Carolina Natural Building Coalition<br>> http://naturalbuilder.org<br>> <br>> <br>>  --- On Sat 11/08, jenny walker < jwalker at magma.ca > wrote:<br>> From: jenny walker [mailto: jwalker at magma.ca]<br>> To: coblist at deatech.com<br>> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 10:11:04 -0500<br>> Subject: [Cob] hybrid systems<br>> <br>> Hello there, another hybrid system Jilly and others that could be <br>> done is<br>cordwood. Rob Roy's revised Earthwood  book (Cordwood, <br>> The State of the Art)<br>has a bit on 'cob-wood', where cob is used <br>> as the filler between the log<br>ends instead of cement. Ianto Evans <br>> & Linda Smiley visited his Earthwood<br>Building School and did an <br>> experimental wall with Jaki and Rob Roy and I<br>believe it turned <br>> out well.<br><br>See http://www.cordwoodmasonry.com<br><br>Good <br>> luck,<br><br>Jenny Walker<br>-- <br>><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Coblis<br>t <br>> mailing <br>><br>list<br>Coblist at deatech.com<br>http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/co<br>blist<br><br>> <br>> ____________________________________________<br>> Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com<br>> The most personalized portal on the Web!<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Coblist mailing list<br>> Coblist at deatech.com<br>> http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist<br>> <br>> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Coblist mailing list<br>Coblist at deatech.com<br>http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist<br>

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