[Cob] hybrid

[phil]

>snip< Hi.  Just wondering if anyone has ever done a cob home with stones in the <br>cob, larger stones.

I believe that is called clay (or cob) and bool in Scotland. Check here for more info:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/orange/bwes-04.asp



Phil Hawn, President
The North Carolina Natural Building Coalition
http://naturalbuilder.org
cob, strawbale, cordwood and other sustainable earthbuilding techniques

 --- On Fri 11/21, Brent Flaco Wilson < realm_fitness at hotmail.com > wrote:
From: Brent Flaco Wilson [mailto: realm_fitness at hotmail.com]
To: tbanks98926 at yahoo.com, coblist at deatech.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:09:58 +0000
Subject: [Cob] hybrid

Hi.  Just wondering if anyone has ever done a cob home with stones in the <br>cob, larger stones.  Also If you had a pole structrue for the roof can you <br>cob over the wood?  And sbs how are they cobbed over inside, and what do you <br>do outside for wet protection?<br><br><br>>From: Teresa Banks <tbanks98926 at yahoo.com><br>>To: coblist at deatech.com<br>>Subject: Re: [Cob] Thermal nosebleed >Cob and Cobwood hybrid<br>>Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 11:16:06 -0800 (PST)<br>><br>>Thank you for your input Charmaine,<br>><br>>Love your website, by the way!  Yes, I definitely do mean cordwood,<br>>with cob as the mortar.  I have since found that cobwood means diff<br>>things to diff people, but that was what my meaning of cobwood was.<br>><br>>So, back to my original question, has anybody done, or known of someone<br>>who has done a cordwood/cob mortar, and cob hybrid, with cordwood on<br>>the bottom, and cob on the top?  Since both can be used as loadbearing,<br>>I don't see why combining them should be an issue.  As far as the<br>>cob/mortar shrinking, or the wood shrinking, and letting in<br>>drafts/letting out heat, it seems that adding a little extra cob in the<br>>cracks (assuming you can find them) would be easy enough.  I wouldn't<br>>want to do a double wall, my intent is to cut down on the work, not<br>>increase it, as I will be doing much of the work by myself.<br>><br>>Thanks, Teresa<br>><br>><br>>__________________________________<br>>Do you Yahoo!?<br>>Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard<br>>http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Coblist mailing list<br>>Coblist at deatech.com<br>>http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br>Share holiday photos without swamping your Inbox.  Get MSN Extra Storage <br>now!  http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es<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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