[Cob] Italian inspired buliding idea - instead of using a ridge beam...

[Scott Race]

 I have one picture of the roof, I can send it to anyone if they want, just
email me.  At the time I only took one picture - I was passing by and
thought it was cool. Now I wish I had taken more.  It was an old abandoned
building, the walls were a little knocked out, but the entire structure was
still very strong and in tact.

  If anyone is interested in Italian structures, I have a few pictures that
are worth checking out.  Email me if you'd like to see them too.  High
detail pics, each one is about 660K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D.J. Henman" <henman at it.to-be.co.jp>
To: "Scott Race" <scottrace at comcast.net>
Cc: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Cob] Italian inspired buliding idea - instead of using a ridge
beam...


> Interesting observation Scott.
>
> Where you able to get any pictures?  Or could you give us some town
> names, so that we could possible do some research about the structures
> you mentioned.   It sounds very interesting.  Thanks for the informative
> facts.
>
> Darel
> --------------------
>
> Scott Race wrote:
>
> > While in Northern Italy recently I was marveling at the natural
> >construction.  Many of the structures derive their from the fact that the
> >walls are made of stone and very thick (unbelievably thick!).
> >
> >  I noticed a few interesting stone structures that appeared to have been
> >there for some time.  Instead of using a ridge beam, there was a huge
wall
> >down the middle of the building that at the top served as the ridge beam.
> >The rafters attached to the top of this middle wall and then down to the
> >lower outer walls.  Therefore, there were just rafters, no ridge beam.
> >
> >  Has anyone tried this with cob?  Though you would need more cob, it
would
> >seem to be extremely stable.
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >