Florida Cob
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Cob Building Approval Coming 2021
We live in a world where a proven techinque of building that has been around for thousands of years, has to go through testing and approval before we are legally allow to use it to build a home.
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Fire and Safety
These folks are progressing towards a menu of pre-engineered, pre-approved, open source plans for building such structures anywhere in California. Lots of testing information.
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DIY Concrete
Those of us interested in building in cob are always look for the chance to watch DIYs. This one is good Be sure and watch it to the VERY end, he takes a different approach to creatng a concrete slab. https://youtu.be/40uCoIgxPC0
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MSE
How Mechanically Stabilized Earth (aka MSE or Reinforced Soil) works. https://youtu.be/40uCoIgxPC0
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Soil Testing
Florida has access to three different clay mixes: 80/20, 70/30 and 60/40.