[Cob] insulated cob with lime

[Shody Ryon]

what climate will it be in? Are you insulating the roof and floor? Perhaps asking on yahoo group littlehouses, with the closest major city, would be a good idea. Littlehouses' Laren is a big cellulose fan and an expert with insulation.
Also you may find Passive house interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house
with R 50 in the floors, as I recall.

With super insulation, air tightness becomes a big concern and then stale air becomes likely without heat recovery ventilation. Either that or a commitment to having a fire burning wood stove (- or?) most window closing cold days, just for ventilation, which defeats the purpose of super insulation to some degree.

Shody 


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> I am looking for advices
> I am planning to built an insulated cob house
> -5inch cob- 7inch insulation (cellulose)- 5inch cob
>            with sticks
> olding the 2 cob walls together.