Cob castle turret

[Will Firstbrook WCB of BC]

Hi John,

I am thinking of actually using the turrets as small but usable living
space. So my idea is getting structural beams to extend from supporting
the floor out to be the base of the turret. My rough idea in ascii art
(not to scale). Convert to courier for correct character spacing. The
walls in the turret would be fairly light weight perhaps leichtlehmbau
with a lime-cob plaster exterior and a cob plaster interior.

                                                          
                    /                                     
                   /                                      
                  /                                       
              /\ /                                        
             /  /                                         
            /  /|       2nd Floor                         
  Turret -> |   |                                         
            |   |                                         
            |   |                                         
            ====================  Strong floor joists     
            ====================  Full logs (Vegas?)      
             \  | |                                       
 Corbelled -> \ | |                                       
   Cob         \| |<- cob wall                            
                | |                                       
                | |                                       
                | |                                       
                | |     Main Floor                        
                | |                                       
                | |                                       
            -------------------------                     

The load of the turret would be carried by the wood floor joists. The
corbelled cob is mainly for appearance to look right. So do you think
this would work?

Regards,
Will




>-----Original Message-----
>From:	John Schinnerer [SMTP:jschinnerer at seattle.usweb.com]
>Sent:	Friday, March 06, 1998 11:40 PM
>To:	"'coblist at deatech.com'"; WFIRSTBR
>Subject:	RE: Cob castle turret
>
>Aloha,
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Will Firstbrook WCB of BC [SMTP:wfirstbr at wcb.bc.ca]
>Sent:	Wednesday, February 25, 1998 3:18 PM
>
>Will, are you thinking turrets for visual effect only, or are you thinking
>these will actually be big enough for a person to get inside of?  I think
>there's two whole different animals under consideration, depending on which
>you're thinking of...
>
>John Schinnerer
>