[Cob] cob vs adobe

[Shody Ryon]

--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Leslie Moyer <Unschooler at atlasok.com> wrote:

> From: Leslie Moyer <Unschooler at atlasok.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cob] cob vs adobe
> To: "coblist at deatech.com" <coblist at deatech.com>
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 5:09 PM
> Maggie,
> 
> IMO, there are only a couple reasons to use adobe instead
> of cob:
> 
> 1. It is pre-made by someone else / mass-produced /
> labor-saving for you 
> / quick to install.
> 2. If you have to make the cob in one geographic location
> and move it to 
> another location (more than "people" distance
> apart) for your application.
> 3. If you have the opportunity to make adobe at one time
> when your use 
> is further distant in TIME.  (i.e. a renter who is
> stockpiling adobe for 
> an eventual home)
> 
> Otherwise, I don't think there is any advantage to
> using adobe in the 
> application you gave and I think there are probably
> disadvantages to 
> it.  Cob will, sculpturally, be a lot more flexible. 
> However, there's 
> no reason that you can't mix the two (and I think there
> are probably 
> advantages to doing it this way--drying time will probably
> be less, for 
> example).
> 
> --Leslie
> 
> Maggie Henry wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience using both? Recommend
> one over the other? I
> > have read EVERYTHING I could get my hands on dealing
> with cob oven
> > construction. I found the Sunset Adobe Oven project
> directions and because I
> > want a Quebec-style was hook immediately because of
> not needing to build the
> > form. (The alder branch form from the Bread Ovens of
> Quebec looked
> > daunting!)
> >  I didn't really read the materials list on the
> Sunset oven and it was news
> > to me when someone posted "don't use portland
> cement"  Cement? That's not in
> > Kiko's book. So I actually read the entire project
> article. Sent me off
> > researching adobe.  My new question is which is
> better? Longer lasting? Can
> > I just cob over the form? Has anyone actually built
> one of these. I am
> > determined to get this done this summer!
> > Thanks in Advance for all your help!
> >
> > Maggie
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