[Cob] self-building - ovens vs. dwellings - SEE ORIGINAL POSTSBELOW

[paul]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ocean Liff-Anderson" <ocean at woodfiredeatery.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Cob] self-building - ovens vs. dwellings - SEE ORIGINAL 
POSTSBELOW


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> However, the coblist is prone to off-the-cuff comments and heresay
> speculation, grounded more in cyberspace than on the real, solid ground!
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> The recent post pondering "why cob contains straw" is just the icing
> on the cake.
>
Ocean, I am putting in a bid to build the new World Trade Complex with cob 
but was considering leaving out the straw to save a buck.  Do you think it 
will stand if they hit it with a mini-nuke again?

And is it OK to do the mixture with sewage?  I like the idea of using local 
materials whenever possible.