[Cob] cob as mortar for cordwood building

[phil]

The coalition will be working on a "cobwood" house this spring (that is cordwood with cob mortar). I'll let you know how it goes.


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

 --- On Fri 02/20, Mary Lou McFarland < louiethefifth at hotmail.com > wrote:
From: Mary Lou McFarland [mailto: louiethefifth at hotmail.com]
To: Coblist at deatech.com
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:26:23 -0600
Subject: [Cob] cob as mortar for cordwood building

Jack Henstridge is one of the "grand-daddies"  of cordwood building and his <br>recipe for mortar mix is as follows:  1 measure of portland cement, 2 <br>measures of sawdust, 3 measures of sand and gravel.  Perhaps it would work <br>to replace the portland with hydrated lime, and use the sand and clay <br>instead of the sand and gravel.  Just a thought.<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br>Watch high-quality video with fast playback at MSN Video. Free! <br>http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200365ave/direct/01/<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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