[Cob] building

[Damon Howell]

What say y'all about holding the roof up on posts and cobbing around  
the posts? Do you think that kind of plan would get approval of  
building officials? I've heard (I think it may have been on here)  
that post-and-beam structures with "cob infill" have been approved in  
the past. One of the things I would worry about if I didn't know  
about cob would be its ability to hold up the roof, 1, and it's  
insulation properties. We've mentioned that a few times and it's not  
passing on that front. If I could make the case of the U-value being  
great, therefore the R-value can lack a little, they may say "ok."  
Otherwise I'll be building a 2 ft. thick wall that would never heat  
up with the sun.
Damon in Georgia, USA