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Cob: rammed earth - bambooCharmaine R Taylor tms at northcoast.comSun Mar 18 16:26:38 CST 2001
Cob, once fully cured is as hard as rammed earth too. I know folks who tried changing a wall after the cob hardened, but took three weeks of pick axing to knock a hole in it. They were convinced that is was stable, but here in CA all adobe or RE must be reinforced for earthquake stabilty. There is no straw in RE, and the soil is barely damp, not wet, and ususally stabilized with cement ( or lime). Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing PO Box 6985, Eureka CA 95502 707-441-1632 http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com email: books at dirtcheapbuilder.com PS: visit the Good Used Books page too at: http://www.northcoast.com/~tms +++++++++++++++++++++++
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