[Cob] Permits a new a nonprofit corp., The Resourcery

[otherfish]

Clint,
Where are you located?
I'm an architect in California & have considerable cob experience. I may be
able to assist you in jumping thru the building permit hoops.
john fordice
other fish architect

on 5/19/04 5:33 PM, Clint Popetz at clint at ucimc.org wrote:

> On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:11:07PM -0700, Lee Shultz wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>> 
>> I recently (March 2004) attended a Cob Cottage Co cob basics
>> workshop. One of the other attendees wants me to pass the following
>> of her emails along. They are about getting permits for building
>> with cob, and a new non-profit corporation she just created called
>> The Resourcery. She is in Seattle. Her emails follow.
> 
> Do you have her email address?
> 
>> I am working with my building inspector to use the International
>> Building Code that becomes law of the land in July of 2004.  I have
>> found a physicist that will give good reports about the load bearing
>> and sheer factors of cob.  I have started a nonprofit corp., The
>> Resourcery, and would like your help in getting the word out that I
>> want to help folks get permits under this new section.  I'll keep
>> you posted.
> 
> Just today I started the process of preparing to apply for a permit to
> build a cob building in my backyard (this one is over the 100 ft2
> limit, so I have to have a permit or move to the country.)  The first
> thing I realized is that I need numbers for compressive and shear
> strength of cob.  I think I'll need a range, because it surely varies
> with length of straw, type of soil, type of sand, and proportions.
> 
> Does anyone know of a reference with these numbers, or even better, of
> an existing building code for load bearing cob?  My city uses the BOCA
> '90 code.  It basically punts (albeit kindly) on alternative
> materials, so I need an architect to approve my plans and make a case
> to the city for the safety of the building, which means being able to
> prove(!) that a 1.5' thick one-story circular wall with an internal
> floor area of 200 ft2 will support a gabled roof, and that means
> having strength numbers for cob.  (I think that pretty pictures in the
> Hand Sculpted House won't cut it :)
> 
> Thanks,
> -Clint
> 
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