[Cob] Cob vs Adobe Question (was Long, long list of earthen building links.)

[phil]

1_ Cob
2_ cob
3_ cob

Though there is some experimenting going on in the Asheville area with adobe, I think in the longrun cob is best for our (Western NC) area.


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

 --- On Sat 12/13, ddenmark < ddenmark at greentreearts.com > wrote:
From: ddenmark [mailto: ddenmark at greentreearts.com]
To: Coblist at deatech.com
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:21:50 -0500
Subject: [Cob] Cob vs Adobe Question (was Long, long list of earthen building links.)

Amanda, Thanks for the excellent list of links.<br>Many were new for me.<br>I was especially interested in the Minke book.<br>My question for the list is:<br>Comparing adobe brick to cob,<br>which is <br>1-stronger/more stable/heavier load bearing<br>2-warmer/higher R value (I understand that the thicker the wall the higher the Thermal Mass)<br>3-easier to construct for someone with no experience (but I am a potter so understand from that angle)<br>Thanks in advance,<br>Deborah <br>_______________________________________________<br>Coblist mailing list<br>Coblist at deatech.com<br>http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist<br>

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