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[Cob] say what about strawbale being infilled?

Donna Strow dstrow at bcpl.net
Fri Nov 21 00:28:18 CST 2003


> wondering if anyone had done cob infill walls?  My plan was to buy a shed
> (12 x 15 mtrs) frame and roof and have it put up on a slab then build cob
> walls.  Has any one done this?  Succesfully or otherwise?  Would the
> uprights - square metal poles - have to be wrapped in hessian like a
> strawbale needs when being infilled?


Is this like, using the bales for fill and using uprights for structure?
... and you have to wrap the uprights? ... or wrap the bales?  (Forgive my
ignorance.)