[Cob] new earthen floor on old concrete floor

[JBurn48309 at aol.com]

Good morning - My greatest concern about your situation is  whether the 
information you seek of the people here who are experienced in cob  construction is 
asked under circumstances that will hurt greater acceptance of  it in the 
building industry.   After 4 years of learning from these  folks, I believed one 
of the important goals of this list discussion was to help  people who wanted 
to build a cob home convince architect engineers and the  engineers at county 
building departments that cob is a legitimate,  affordable and environmentally 
friendly form of housing.  This, in my  humble opinion, means when a 
discussion occurs on this list, everyone  assumes the chosen site is  both residential 
and  habitable.  I grew up in Europe and lived in and around houses built of  
stone and earth in a small village that dated back to the 1800's  --  my home 
will repeat the best of those memories.  I am grateful for the  wisdom shared 
on this mail list because, otherwise, I would never be able to  afford to own 
a home again.  Thanks for listening.   JB 
 
In a message dated 8/24/2006 12:49:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
sabrinafree at gmail.com writes:

My  house
recently sold and until I decide where to live, am going to live  here,
(albeit not exactly  legally).
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