[Cob] Cob/cordwood hybrid--plaster question...

[Rodger Chenoweth]

I wouldn't want to use a cement based product... it won't breath.   
Worse it will wick water to the wood.  I think 'cobwood' with an  
earthen or lime plaster would do marvelously.

I'm curious if anyone has experience with snow sitting up against an  
earthen plaster for the winter, what happens in the spring...

On 6-Jan-06, at 7:34 AM, Amanda Peck wrote:

> Acquaintances of mine here put a cordwood wall on the front of  
> their house.  For some reason they got, lot of splits in the wood,  
> both air and Asian Lady Beetles came in much too much, so they  
> "stuccoed" (slathered concrete!) the outside more than twenty years  
> ago.  It's still fine.  But their inside wall, which does have a  
> lot of windows (south-facing) is truly gorgeous with the log ends  
> showing.
>
> Might want to experience a cordwood building, not just look at  
> pictures.
>
> .....................
> Roger seconded Brina's idea of plastered cordwood (snipped):
>
> Specifically I was thinking of it mostly in cold wet climates (eg   
> Nova Scotia, Maine), where the wall is more likely to get snow and   
> driving rain on it... and the log ends if not covered might be wet  
> on  and off for a long time.  It's easier to repair a section of  
> plaster  than a 2 foot log:)
>
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