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Cob Southern Style???

Andy Spearance spearance at kih.net
Tue Apr 6 06:45:05 CDT 1999


since straw is added for resiliency and strength, perhaps some longer
bricks (like a 2x4) to test which is better suited for support. This may be
important with house building around windows and doors.   Just a thought.
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> Cool, I'll make two test bricks with the same earth mixture, but use 
> pine straw for one, and wheat straw for the other.
> I'll post my results too. 
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> Pat.
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> > Anyhow, I am in the process of making some test bricks using pine
> > straw and I will post the results if anybody is interested.
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> > Brett 
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