[Cob] Moisture Barrier Mobile Home

[Lee Courtney]

At this point I am still experimenting and unsure of what exactly I'm going 
to do.  Kids are having a blast though :-) The wire mesh that I attached to 
the side of the house is holding up so far (I attached it with nails).  The 
area where I just smooshed the cob onto the siding and in the sidings groove 
is holding up (not as well). The clods of cob that the kids threw at the 
side of the house is falling off which I knew it would :-)  Just for grins I 
peeled away a small section of the siding to see what was underneath.  It is 
a blue panel board that is like a condensed styrofoam or something.  I'm 
sure someone out there knows exactly what it is.  I used the hammer to make 
impressions on it and stuck some cob to it to see if it would hold. 
Wouldn't either the vinyl siding or this blue board be a moisture barrier to 
the actual home? Someone suggested light straw clay for use as infill 
between the studs of the home.  I looked into that and it appears to be a 
better option if I went that route.  If so, could I also use a bit of cob on 
the exterior to thicken up the walls.  I'm assuming cob will stick just fine 
to light straw clay.

Lee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shody Ryon" <qi4u at yahoo.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Cob] Moisture Barrier Mobile Home


>I keep forgetting, there is no need for a scratch coat
> or to go over vinyl that I can see. I might be mixed
> up on what her plan is though. If she is building from
> the ground up she can have free standing structure
> with air or gravel between the cob and the siding or
> remove the siding and fill in between the studs.
> Either way, she is not connecting cob to the siding,
> correct?
> Shody
>
>
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