[Cob] RE:Interior Walls

[otherfish]

Pat,
I'm planning on watel & daub for interior partitions.
Can be quite thin & very strong.
john fordice

on 8/17/04 12:05 PM, Patrick Newberry at PNewberry at HFHI.org wrote:

> Well I'm in the contemplation stage of putting in some interior walls.
> 
> I'll be working with cob and wanted to throw out my ideas.
> 
> 1.) just plain old cob, the same mixture I've used but make the walls
> thinner. How thin?
> Good question, maybe 4 inches thick? Less, more?
> 
> 2.) Might be a good ideas to make the cob more straw intensive, that is
> add more start than I added with outside walls. I've thought of the clay
> coated straw but I think I needed to add a bit more clay than I added
> last time.
> 
> 3.) Use cord wood and cob. (since it's interior wall)
> 
> One wall will have a doorway / door.
> 
> Other ideas?
> 
> Pat 
> 
> 
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