[Cob] Comments on walls and roofing

[Mike Swink]

Hi,
Thanks for repeating my question if anyone had made thier own roofing.
Off course the slate tile roof is the nr one in use worldwide.

 Did somone on this list create an earthern water proof container????????

I saw a wall plan that used earthern bags to be the inner wall. And the outer wall was strawbale. THey put a step buttress at the base of the straw wall. but failed to   make correct size foundation . With 8 by 16 concrete blocks the wall is only 8 inch from front to back and the foundation is 4 inchs beyond wall on inside and outside.

The earthern bags of curse is the thermal wall which might be covered over with regular sheet rock or covered with cob plaster. and the strawbales keep the heat
or coolness.

I am still finding additional things. Some airwell designs were bogus and helped to usher in the monthly water bills. But the ones that really produce enhanced the cool part to stay cooler and the hot side to stay longer.
 The old crosley icy ball is a prime example that only uses sunlight or small coleman burner that creates 99 F.Degrees. Just put in google ICYBALL and Crosley.

 THe orther device a telsa device that captures 3vdc just for the earth. THis is enough for the electro osmoisis to draw out water and other fluids from matrerial. Which would give the airwell a jump start.

The zeolites consisture of manmade and natural. I still seek to find the one that holds heat,holds coolness,that filters, and those wihich could be used in cob coostruction.