[Cob] bamboo ceiling in cob house

[Buckaroo Bonzai]

--- dorethy at juno.com wrote:
> 
> My cob/strawbale house has a clay tile roof
> supported with 2 x 12 rafters.  I'd like to put up
> bamboo mats for a ceiling, which of course must be
> insulated.  Someone said I'd need a moisture barrier
> between the bamboo and the insulation.  I was of the
> opinion that in a cob house, breathability is
> implied.  Would not this be an infringement on that
> concept?  Or does it not apply to a ceiling?  (The
> insulation I'm thinking of is a corn product that
> resembles pale yellow styrofoam when it sets up and
> I'm told it is "natural".)  If anyone has an
> educated opinion, I would like some input.  Thanks.
> Dorethy from Kansas
> 
> 
>
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