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[Cob] cob greenhouse question

john fordice otherfish at comcast.net
Fri Sep 18 17:56:44 CDT 2015


Hi Malcom,
Do you have a drawing of what you intend to build ?
If so, please send it to me as a pdf & I’lltry to answere your questions.
john fordice  -  Cob Research Institute
www.cobcode.org <http://www.cobcode.org/>

> On Sep 18, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Malcolm Schluenderfritz <mschluenderfritz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am building a small greenhouse, 16 feet by 8 feet, and 8 feet tall. The
> North and West walls will be cob, and about 18 inches thick. I will be
> inserting some pieces of concrete as we go, in the center of the wall. The
> walls are straight, not curved.
> Do I need to add buttresses to this wall to keep it up, or is it thick
> enough? The North and West walls already form a corner, so they provide at
> least a little Lateral support to each other.
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