[Cob] Cob Roof

[David Knowlton]

if in doubt about your roofing materials - pitch the roof steeper!!!

my shed is 1:1     real steep


>From: "Shannon C. Dealy" <dealy at deatech.com>
>Reply-To: dealy at deatech.com
>To: Mike Swink <mswink77 at earthlink.net>
>CC: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: [Cob] Cob Roof
>Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:00:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Mike Swink wrote:
>
> > Why is there not a way to make our own roofing tiles from cob??
> > Or does anyone know how to make tera carter type.
>[snip]
>
>There is a technique for making unfired adobe/clay roofing tiles.  I'm
>planning on trying it out in the near future, don't know much about it
>(like how well it would hold up to wet oregon weather), but there is just
>enough information on it in the "Shelter" book to give it a try (page 74).
>I have heard of a similar German technique but don't have any information
>on that one.
>
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