[Cob] Roofing material?

[Mark Piepkorn]

I've been there - but it was several years ago, and for the life of 
me I can't recall what the roofing material was. Penny and James are 
good people (you can tell them I said so if you think it would be 
helpful; but they'll probably scratch their heads and say, "who?"), 
and would probably be amenable to some bugging about their lovely 
buildings. I also crossed paths with them at one of the early Camp 
Latgawa natural building colloquiua in Medford, OR.

For any who don't know, they have a website at 
http://www.regenerativedesign.org/ .

Mark


At 02:29 AM 1/4/2006, carmenkittiecat at aim.com wrote:
>Hello, have been away from the list for a while.
>
>If anyone else has "The Hand Sculpted House" (Evans, Smith, Smiley), 
>would you mind taking a look at something? On the second page of the 
>full-colored photo pages, there is a photo of the Permaculture 
>Institute of Northern California's office, and it says it was built 
>by Penny Livingston, James Stark, and the Cob Cottage Company. Does 
>anyone know what that roof is made of? At first glance while 
>flipping through I thought it was a steel roof, but it looks kind of 
>dull and has none of the ridges I'm used to seeing in any steel 
>roofs I've come across. I Googled it but couldn't find a 
>description, and I don't want to bug them just to ask what their 
>roof is, especially if the answer is obvious (although I suppose 
>they're my next stop!). It looks great and goes well with the cob 
>visually, whatever it is. I would assume the PINC collects rainwater 
>so I would expect whatever it is to be non-toxic as well. I'm quite 
>interested in it, so any info would be very much appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Carmen Copeland Johnston