[Cob] radiant floor and color

[Amanda Peck]

Not sure where the people who started the thread were.  If they were Alaska, 
then solar is not totally useful--read a mystery story once which asserted 
that the Aleutians had on average 8 days of sunshine a year.

Also not sure if you sent it to everybody.  So I will.
................
From: troje at xpressweb.com


Have you considered passive solar water heater to augment your stove 
concept?I
dont know what part of the country you are in.

Quoting Amanda Peck <ap615 at hotmail.com>:

 >
 >
 > Concrete colors from the local hardware store may be pretty benign.  
We're
 > using "charcoal" to make black right now, for stripes in the floor.
 >
 > Otherwise, there's this place--very green, lots of right expensive 
products.
 >
 >   Their colors can be used for almost anything.  Look at the earth 
colors.
 >
 > http://www.bioshieldpaint.com/catalog/default.php
 >
 > Thanks for the brick-making link, Bill.  There's been a thread on another
 > group about making bricks.
 >
 > On the other question, sure.  You'd need one of those add-on water 
heaters
 > reservoirs for your stove, and a tank to hold hot water.  And a pump if 
you
 >
 > can't put water pressure into your system.  Might not be that bad.  Might 
be
 >
 > a lot of ongoing work.
 >
 > Could you use a rocket stove/cob bench somehow to get underfloor 
heat--would
 >
 > the day-to-day work be less?  I don't know.
 >
 > These people sell direct to the consumer, no idea AT ALL about their
 > REPUTATION.  The do like solar.
 >
 > http://www.radiantec.com/
 >
 >
 >
 > ..............................
 > Bill replies to Katherine (snipped, even of something I'm replying 
to--oh,
 > well)
 > And I see them put bags of color into the clay as the clay is mixed to 
make
 > bricks.
 > On their web site they call it adding additives...
 > I also haul from 3 different pits, which they blend to make their bricks.
 > http://www.ochsbrick.com/ is where you not only find their address,
 > but see a really neat tour/view of how the bricks are made.
 >
 >  > I heard that it is possible to heat your cob floor with hot water 
piping
 > running from the wood burning stove - does anyone have any info on this?
 >  > Question #2:  How does one get that beautiful red color cob if one 
does
 > not have red clay?
 >  > thanks for any info...
 >  > smiles,
 >  > Katherine
 >
 >
 >
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