[Cob] Insects inside a cob house?

[Joseph R Dupont]

Boric acid.. kills bugs..  spray it where you think there coming in.

On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:39:43 +0000 "Chaos Project"
<chaosproject at hotmail.com> writes:
> Hi, I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks now, and I figured 
> it's 
> about time I introduced myself. I'm an evnironmental engineering 
> student 
> from Toronto, Canada, and my main area of interest is sustainable 
> development, specifically alternative energy and "green" 
> construction 
> techniques. I've studied rammed earth and strawbale before, but I'm 
> still 
> learning about Cob/Adobe. I hope to be getting "The Hand Sculpted 
> House" 
> soon, as I've been eyeing that in the bookstore for many months now. 
> In the 
> meantime, this list so far has offered some very interesting 
> information, I 
> can tell there are some very skilled and informed people here!
> 
> Anyways, the recent discussions about bees has prompted me to ask a 
> question 
> I've been wondering about for some time now. I never expected my 
> first post 
> to this group to be about bugs, but oh well. :)
> I grew up in an old house (circa 1890), and in the summer we always 
> have 
> ants in our kitchen. They come in through cracks in the brick, 
> spaces around 
> the kitchen window, etc. We constantly try to caulk up the holes, 
> but each 
> year they find new ways in. The other issue is spiders, though 
> thankfully 
> there weren't too many of those.
> I like bugs just fine outside, but I don't like them crawling into 
> my food 
> on my kitchen counter, or crawling into my bed while I'm sleeping... 
> In a 
> building built almost entirely of earth, are there more bugs than a 
> 
> conventional house? less? same? Would thick, solid walls keep them 
> out, or 
> make it easier for them to get in? What about cracks around window 
> frames?
> I apologize if these topics have been covered already, or if they're 
> common 
> knowledge in the Cob community, I'm a quick learner, but I'm just 
> starting 
> out! :)
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> -Steve
> 
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