[Cob] Green insulation?

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Amanda Peck wrote:

[snip]
> Wool.  There have been some people supplying fleeces for this purpose.  Raw, 
> unwashed, uncombed, all the natural oils.  It's moderately fireproof and 
> mothproof, but not good enough quality for spinning.
[snip]

There are also companies which make and sell sheep's wool insulation 
which has been washed, carded, treated for fire/bug resistance, and made 
into bats to fit standard stud wall/ceiling cavities.  Last I heard there 
were only a couple companies doing this on a small scale in North America, 
so it was somewhat expensive, in some other parts of the world it is done 
on a mass production basis which should make it cheaper.

FWIW.

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