Cob: Re: tabby?

[Charmaine R Taylor]

John I saw an artivcle a long while back of a woman who is burning shells and
making tabby. I think she was in SE US. but not sure. The article focused on her
living in 1700s style and building vernacular with tabby.  Its much like cob,
but the seaashell aaspect means its more like Roman cement with the result, the
shells providing a pozzalonic reaction with clay to harden very hard.

Tony Palmieri wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Fordice <otherfish at home.com>
> To: <coblist at deatech.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 7:52 AM
> Subject: Cob: tabby ?
>
> Sounds like the TABBY John is speaking about is pise. It is a "cob" mixture
> used in many of the old forts and buildings in St. Augustine that included a
> lot of shells and sand in the mix. I haven't heard much else about pise, but
> since I live in Florida, any cob mixture with coquina (shell) rock and sand
> would sound sustainable, cheap, and locally available. Would it make good
> cob? Anyone care to comment?
> > Go'day cobbers.
> > Here is a question to all.
> > I just this AM discovered this definition of "tabby" as a building
> material.
> > Sounds pretty local & natural to me.
> > I realize it's not cob, but thought it might be something the list might
> > like to chew on a bit.
> > So if anybody knows a bit about this, please share it to the list.
> > ......
> > TABBY = (in the region of) South Atlantic U.S. -  A mixture of oyster
> > shells, lime, sand, and water
> > used as a building material.
> >
> > regards to all
> >
> > john fordice
> > TCCP