[Cob] Engineered Cob House Plans

[Mark Piepkorn]

>>> I'm sorry, but every time a new formless  building is erected with 
>>> cob a disservice is done to our current  predicament . That would be 
>>> that honest individuals who want to obey  the law cannot build 
>>> because most cobbers are looked at as clueless.
>
> /Hi Damon, I completely agree.

I don't think curvy contemporary structures are to blame for cob and 
other materials and methods not being in the code, or that they make it 
harder for those materials and methods to be adopted. Without 
standardized materials that offer consistent performance and 
proscriptive methods of use, the code folks are understandably in a bit 
of a bind. It's the same reason that ungraded lumber isn't allowed in 
structural use. For better or worse, stick is a known commodity in the 
U.S., supported by giant industry and supported over time by sheer 
numbers. I'm not saying that's good or right.

Mark