[Cob] Returned while changing email addresses

[Janet Standeford]

Sorry. This was returned to me while changing email addresses so will 
submit now.

In response to someone on the list the following is an effort to share 
more:

I'll share more but didn't want to get everyone's hopes up too soon. I 
believe this will go through but I have to walk a quiet line with it 
until it's finished and I have a certificate of occupancy. I had hoped 
to really advertise it during the process but don't want to scare the 
building department with the thought that everyone will want to build 
the same way.

I know that there may be a handful in the area that will be prompted to 
build with cob and earth bag but most people are still stuck on stick. 
Advertising can come after the house is approved.

The officials here are pretty open to new ways of building even though 
it is ancient. They watched a straw bale house being built and are 
jazzed about it.

I should know if mine is permitted by early spring at the latest. From 
the time of approval till the time I have to have the permit paid for 
will be 6 months and I'll need every bit of that to save for it. If I 
can't do anything more than get the foundation in next year, I'll be 
happy. But if I can get the straw before winter this year or early 
Summer next year then we will have a mud party!

I need to build a wall approx 2-3 feet at the base and about 9-10 feet 
high around an area approximately 1000 feet to enclose part of the 
seasonal spring, the yard and house as well as build the house. Perhaps 
someone would like to count on putting some workshops together for this? 
The house will need to be done first then the wall. A wood shed will be 
about 12x12 with a roof connecting it to the side of the house where a 
wood drop will have an opening next to the fireplace or rocket stove.

Does anyone here know of a permitted rocket stove in OR? I was just told 
by one person on the list that he thought there was one. I would change 
from fireplace to that in a heartbeat if I could get info on this.

Thanks :-)