Cob: China cob- rain collection

Mon May 5 22:14:17 CDT 2003

Thanks Charmaine.

If Wendy was in China for longer I wondered if she could get information 
on the multi-story rammed earth buildings in Fuken provence (??????).   
 See some pictures in the  URL below.

Though in Japanese, you can see pictures of the rammed earth buildings 
in Fuken provence at the below site.   In the forth picture down you can 
see what looks like a thick large rock foundation.  These walls are 
massive and must weigh a tremendous amount.
   http://www.impulse.co.jp/fuken.htm

I wonder if the Chinese lime/paper mix is the same as the Japanese 
lime/paper mix, which is used  for finish renderings.

Darel

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Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder wrote:

> Darel asked:   Wendy,  if you are still in China, would you try to 
> find out some of the ingredients and mixtures they used for the rammed 
> earth walls.   This differs according to regions often times.   But, 
> it be good to here if you have any recipes for the local you are in.   
> And the degree of compacting.
> ++++++++++++
> Darel--One of the best sources I have found for this info is an out of 
> print book called Making the Adobe Brick the Chinese Way...all about 
> adobe, cob, rammed earth, lime plasters, etc. In fact this is the book 
> I got the  wonderful lime+ paper recipe from...for making wall 
> plasters..just finished my bathroom with it... even has lime kiln 
> burining information.
>
> Anyway this book has extensive drawings showing exactly how the dirt 
> was laid into forms, tools used, descriptions of wall forming systems 
> etc..very thorough.  Is there something specific you wanted to know? I 
> can look it up.
>
> Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
> http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com    http://www.papercrete.com
> PO Box 375, Cutten (Eureka) CA 95534 707-441-1632     tms at northcoast.com
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Thanks Charmaine.<br>
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If Wendy was in China for longer I wondered if she could get information
on the multi-story rammed earth buildings in Fuken provence (<em>福建省永定県</em>).
   See some pictures in the  URL below.<br>
<br>
Though in Japanese, you can see pictures of the rammed earth buildings in
Fuken provence at the below site.   In the forth picture down you can see
what looks like a thick large rock foundation.  These walls are massive and
must weigh a tremendous amount.<br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.impulse.co.jp/fuken.htm">http://www.impulse.co.jp/fuken.htm</a><br>
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I wonder if the Chinese lime/paper mix is the same as the Japanese lime/paper
mix, which is used  for finish renderings.<br>
<br>
Darel<br>
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Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid3EADDCD7.4030302 at northcoast.com">Darel asked:  
Wendy,  if you are still in China, would you try to find  out some of the
ingredients and mixtures they used for the rammed earth  walls.   This differs
according to regions often times.   But, it be  good to here if you have
any recipes for the local you are in.   And the  degree of compacting. <br>
++++++++++++ <br>
Darel--One of the best sources I have found for this info is an out of  print
book called Making the Adobe Brick the Chinese Way...all about  adobe, cob,
rammed earth, lime plasters, etc. In fact this is the book I  got the  wonderful
lime+ paper recipe from...for making wall  plasters..just finished my bathroom
with it... even has lime kiln  burining information. <br>
 <br>
Anyway this book has extensive drawings showing exactly how the dirt was
 laid into forms, tools used, descriptions of wall forming systems  etc..very
thorough.  Is there something specific you wanted to know? I  can look it
up. <br>
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Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com   ">http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com   </a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.papercrete.com">http://www.papercrete.com</a> <br>
PO Box 375, Cutten (Eureka) CA 95534 707-441-1632     <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tms at northcoast.com">tms at northcoast.com</a> <br>
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