[Cob] cob and The Code

[joe r dupont]

Once again the lumber industry and home depot and china does not make as
much money when you build with cob.
I would talk to the presidential candidates.. and the so called
environmentalists  about COB .

 
On Tue, 1 May 2007 17:56:33 -0400 Damon Howell
<dhowell at pickensprogress.com> writes:
> Hi folks,
>         All this talk of moving cob onto the front burner with the 
> building  
> industry is relieving to me. During the two years I've been studying 
>  
> the subject, there hasn't been much talk about legalizing cob until  
> 
> now. But it's funny and, of course ridiculous, that as Kindra points 
>  
> out the modern codes are requiring some sort of "new research" that  
> 
> legitimizes cob as a building material. They've lasted for hundreds  
> 
> of years in every climate around the world! What more evidence do 
> you  
> need? Kat's got the best point I think I've ever heard; With every  
> 
> bad move our freedoms and self values are taken away from us and  
> we're allowing it to happen (in fact want it to). Cob is good for us 
>  
> and we're being told it isn't safe and it won't last. Those who  
> believe that just haven't experienced/researched the building world  
> 
> yet. Think of the confidence we all would have if everyone knew how  
> 
> to build their own home.
> 
> Cob on Georgia!
> Damon Howell
> 
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