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[Cob] cob greenhouse questionjohn fordice otherfish at comcast.netFri 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. > _______________________________________________ > Coblist mailing list > Coblist at deatech.com > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist
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