Cob: just a couple things I don't understand

[Angy Violet]

So, my boyfriend specializes in concrete, and I am trying to explain cob to him, and he can't quite compare it to what he knows. He doesn't understand why you wouldn't need rebar in the walls!!!! He claims that there has to be some giant support system I don't know about. Like the roof, I know that you can make a grass, shake, metal, or post and beam roof. But there are also cob rooves, and how are you supposed to mold something while its supporting you, and if there were no supports, wouldn't it just fall down?! One more thing that doesn't make any sense: cold joists. How can you build half of a wall, and then quit for the day, and restart the next day? Wouldn't the top half just fall right off? Do you have to build the whole house in a day????!!! Please help!

Angy





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<P>So, my boyfriend specializes in concrete, and I am trying to explain cob to him, and he can't quite compare it to what he knows. He doesn't understand why you wouldn't need rebar in the walls!!!! He claims that there has to be some giant support system I don't know about. Like the roof, I know that you can make a grass, shake, metal, or post and beam roof. But there are also cob rooves, and how are you supposed to mold something while its supporting you, and if there were no supports, wouldn't it just fall down?! One more thing that doesn't make any sense: cold joists. How can you build half of a wall, and then quit for the day, and restart the next day? Wouldn't the top half just fall right off? Do you have to build the whole house in a day????!!! Please help!</P>
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