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[Cob] New Memberfrancine fran2000a1 at yahoo.comFri Sep 16 22:20:49 CDT 2005
Welcome Leigh Ann! Glad to hear from another cobber from my part of the world. I am about 2 1/2 hours south of you, not far at all. Not a lot of cob workshops in the area. But there are some over in North Carolina I think. About 3 yrs ago I bought 3 acs in the country (no building codes here). The hardest part is over, I have dug the foundation trench. For the past few months I've been busy gathering tons of rock (with help from my neighbor) for the foundation and many of the materials I will need to build. Unfortunately, I find that I may have to move. My grandchild is special needs and I may have to sell and relocate closer to him and help his mom. Bummer, all that work - but he comes first! Now I may have to start over. If I don't wind up having to relocate, then I will be starting the next stage of building soon. Perhaps I should go ahead with building just for the experience, and I might! Totally self taught so I'm using the books out there that are available. But if I get that far this year, I would feel lucky to find someone to come and cob with me. Right now I am experimenting with soil cement, interesting results. Here's hoping you find some workshops in our area. If you do please let me hear from you. I am looking for one that is close to me and at a time I can attend. When you start to build, perhaps you will let us know also. It would be great to attend some work parties. There a couple of others on the list from TN I think, and some fellows in Birmingham are building also. This is a great place to learn, there seems to be lots of experience and good advice here. Fran --- Leigh Ann in Tennessee <cobhouses at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm new to this list. My husband & I > are planning to > build a cob house in the next couple of years and > since I'll be the > one doing most of the work (my husband is much older > and in poor > health) I want to get as much experience as possible. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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