[Cob] Engineered Cob House Plans

[Janet Standeford]

On 2/9/2010 1:52 PM, Damon Howell wrote:
> Janet,
>     I have been in agreement with building modular homes out of cob 
> for quite some time. I also see that if we build our cob homes to look 
> like regular homes (i.e. stick built, poured concrete, cinder block) 
> we have a far better chance of getting accepted by regular folks who 
> know that will work.

Hi Damon,
You should have seen the relief on the faces of the building officials 
when I told them of the addition I plan and how it is modular. As my 
home is starting out at about 270 square feet inside, I understood their 
concern.

Besides, it is my understanding that when you build a house in CA, for 
instance you are hit with one square foot cost while if you add on your 
cost is considerably less. I still need to check here in Oregon for that 
but I believe it may hold true here as well. At any rate, it's nice to 
be able to add on and who knows, maybe the additions could be added in 
such a way as to include a walled courtyard here and a walled yard there 
and eventually, the rectangular or square image gradually disappears 
with the full blessing of the officials! :>)