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arlie January 29 2006, 06:08:04 UTC
Want to start a cob house building company with me?

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arlie January 29 2006, 06:13:56 UTC
No, not over the internet. This is how we can save WV. We can build sound housing for all the paupers using cob. I'm a Mrs. by the way and what is Boalt?

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robo_tom January 29 2006, 05:52:50 UTC
it's like the hobbits! :-P

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arlie January 29 2006, 06:14:37 UTC
Thats what I thought! There was a house that looked just like Bilbow's earlier today. When I find it again I'll post it, just for you!

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robo_tom January 29 2006, 06:47:10 UTC
do those type of houses have trouble with rain and dry rot?

thinking of hobbits, they must have dry rot, if there's like grass and stuff on top of their houses.... maybe they dip their outter lumber in creosote? (sorry if I spelled that wrong... that black tar-like stuff that railroad ties are soaked in... I think it's pretty flammable though... kinda stinky too)

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arlie January 29 2006, 06:54:59 UTC
Nope, not a lot of problems at all. Thats what major housing companies want you to think. There are houses in England that are over 500 years old made of cob and thatched roofing. Do you remember the sod houses that people built when they "came west"? Same principle applied. This isn't the only type of alternative housing though. This site talks about all the different types. http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/index.htm

Also I posted a picture of an old cob house.

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va_is_4_lovers January 29 2006, 06:24:34 UTC
That man looks jolly!

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arlie January 29 2006, 06:29:38 UTC
I would too, if my home only cost me 1k.

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katiedarling January 29 2006, 09:46:18 UTC
Hi. Since I see you EVERYWHERE, I'd like to add you to my lj. Is that okay?

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arlie January 29 2006, 17:36:31 UTC
sure

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arlie January 29 2006, 17:37:15 UTC
You should take some pictures of them.

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