- Target:
- Citizens who want a cob building code
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.cobcode.org
Cob is clay-soil mixed with water, straw, and often sand, and then placed in layers and sculpted into walls while wet. Under different names, the technique has been common for centuries throughout northern Europe and in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. For example, there are more than 20,000 cob homes in the English county of Devon alone. Some are over 600 years old and still inhabited today.
I would like to see Cob Construction made available as a code-approved option for building. I fully support the inclusion of the currently proposed Appendix on Cob Construction (Monolithic Adobe) in the International Residential Code.
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The Make Cob an available option in International Residential Code. petition to Citizens who want a cob building code was written by Yosi Almog and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.