[Cob] Cob Barns

[Susan Hagan]

I live in Bulgaria and all the barns here are stone based, sometimes only a 18 inches  stem wall above the ground, with a foundation of course, and then masses of cob and adobe.  Mine is like that.  I looked at a house the other day that had a 200foot long, 20 foot wide cob barn that was built in 1939.  2 Storeys too! Still standing and very good condition. 
 
Su Hagan (Cob in Bulgaria)


 

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> From: Dean Sherwin <costman at verizon.net>
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> cob sounds perfect for stables. In its home county, cob was used for 
> numerous farm buildings and I never heard that it could not stand up 
> to horses & cattle. On my brother's farm in Devon there is a cob 
> barn and the walls are very strong, I cannot imagine it being felled 
> by a kick. But I also understand that where thoroughbreds are 
> concerned it is not uncommon to line the stalls with wood anyway, to 
> protect both them and the walls whatever they are made of.
> Interestingly there is a recipe somewhere for painting cob walls and 
> discouraging cattle from licking them to get the salts from the 
> earth. The damp tongues will certainly wear away the walls! It may 
> be in Clough Williams Ellis' book, Building In Cob Pise and Stabilized Earth.
> Dean
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> >Message: 2
> >Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:29:18 +0100
> >From: Andy Dunn - Luibh <andy at luibh.ie>
> >Subject: [Cob] cob walls for stables
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> >Hi there,
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> >We're planning on building a few stables hopefully over the next few
> >months, and are going to use cob in some form. One of the questions we
> >have is whether cob on its own (with lime plaster), would be strong
> >enough to withstand horses kicks, or if we should include some
> >powdered lime to the mix to make it even stronger.
> >
> >There is a great tradition of building with cob in this local area, as
> >many of the old cottages are built from the grey/yellow 'daub' in the
> >ground, which unfortunately makes bad quality land for farming but
> >great for building.
> >
> >Im quite a purist and would ideally just use clay/sand/straw but my
> >wife is concerned that wouldn't be enough to withstand a full kick
> >from a large horse.
> >
> >Any advice much appreciated.
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