[Cob] Flood resistance - higher!

[Jon Kerr]

On Jul 22, 2007, at 10:11 AM, paul wrote:

>
> So, zero hope even with a little cement mixed in?  Even with  
> "creative"
> plastering?

The thing I seem to remember from my reading is to build the  
foundation higher than the 1000-year flood level. In some  
circumstances this might give you the cob equivalent of a japanese  
castle with ten feet of stone and the cob on top, but it'd stand  
above flood levels, and with a concrete reinforcement layer on the  
top it'd stand up to earthquakes pretty well too.

Jon

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