Cob: RE: Internal lintels?

[D.J. Henman]

Try placing a layer of burlap bag over the lintel if you want to cover 
it and the covering to stick well.  This would help to keep the wood 
from bleeding as much out to the final layer.   Or perhaps some twine 
attached to the lintel to give the plaster a good footing.

Darel

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Joe Skeesick wrote:

>Personally I'd do the best I could to get the lintel flush with the cob and
>then take whatever exterior render you're using over both surfaces. I think
>a lime render would be much more successful at dealing with the long-term
>stress of spanning those different surfaces than would a relatively thin
>layer of cob.
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-coblist at deatech.com [mailto:owner-coblist at deatech.com]On Behalf
>Of Waiting4 TheDay
>Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:02 AM
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Cob: Internal lintels?
>
>Hello all,
>
>Just when I thought I had it all figured out....  I'm wanting to put a large
>window (5' long x 4' tall) in a very small round building.  While the window
>won't be able to open, I'm not comfortable with putting something that large
>into the wall without a lintel of some sort, particularly since the top of
>the window will be about 2' or less from the top of the wall, which is
>load-bearing.  Here's the question:  I'd rather not have a lintel showing on
>either surface of the wall, so is it possible to have a fairly sturdy lintel
>above the window but encased entirely within the wall?  Say a large log or
>pair of 4x4 nailed together?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chuck
>
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