[Cob] Calif. is a bit of a special case

[joe r dupont]

if you have a yurt roof and the walls are round and  less than 6 feet and
thick enough.. what is the problem..

 
On Wed, 2 May 2007 00:36:40 -0700 (PDT) Shody Ryon <qi4u at yahoo.com>
writes:
> If it can be shown that cob strucutes are stong enough
> to with stand the stress of sesmic activity, cob
> strucures should be permitable in california. If test
> bricks show that best on-site mix(es) and a tractor is
> hooked up to pull the building with a guage that show
> the sheer force, perhaps that could be part of the
> permit process?
> New Zealand had a cob strucure that went through a
> major quake and I think other building didn't fair as
> well, so I think they should do OK in California too.
> I think they might have to show that they stand up to
> rain also.
> Cheers,
> Shody
> 
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