[Cob] Are roof overhangs absolutely necessary?

[Marlin Nissen]

After following the discussion I have to pipe in and say YES I would advocate for overhangs,,,the building, Cob or NOT with no or very little overhang have required a great deal of paint/finish/rebuilding/new siding where the house RIGHT NEXT DOOR with a good porch/overhang have had little or NO damage to a similar facing wall

Just my 2 cents.

Marlin


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--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Damon Howell <dhowell at pickensprogress.com> wrote:

From: Damon Howell <dhowell at pickensprogress.com>
Subject: Re: [Cob] Are roof overhangs absolutely necessary?
To: coblist at deatech.com
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 2:26 PM

Christopher: ...after seeing many pictures of old cob buildings in wet
climates...I have begun to question the common wisdom about the
absolute necessity of overhangs.

Damon: I have noticed the same thing. Many of the old buildings (actually, most I've seen) doesn't have but a couple inches of overhang. I would imagine you'd have to replaster quite a bit that way. But it's the English who say all a cob house needs is a good hat and good boots. I think a large overhang doesn't really mean it's gonna protect the top of the wall though.

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