Post by mountaindreamer on May 12, 2010 13:44:00 GMT -8
Okay, another question. I'm having a bit of a standstill trying to find bags to build with, and someone suggested something I immediately laughed off. Then I started thinking. Is it possible to do the against-the-hill wall out of cob, then have a thin wall of drain rock, then the originally planned membrane and foot or so of drain rock? The rock between the cob and membrane would be so moisture attempting to collect on the membrane would make its way down to the foundation, in theory. Plausible? And what about the horizontal force of the hill?
Thoughts?
A couple other notes: I got a local on the mountain to look at the site, and she said something along the lines of "Oh yeah, that should be fine, no problem," about building that close to the road cut. I've also decided to move the whole thing a little further from it, just for added safety and invisibility from the road.
I'd still really like to do it this year, so I'm definitely feeling the time crunch.
Main question, though: Would a wall of cob followed by a couple inches of drain rock, membrane, and then a foot or so of drain rock crumble under the horizontal force of the hill, or be okay? I don't plan on dying any time soon.
Thoughts?
A couple other notes: I got a local on the mountain to look at the site, and she said something along the lines of "Oh yeah, that should be fine, no problem," about building that close to the road cut. I've also decided to move the whole thing a little further from it, just for added safety and invisibility from the road.
I'd still really like to do it this year, so I'm definitely feeling the time crunch.
Main question, though: Would a wall of cob followed by a couple inches of drain rock, membrane, and then a foot or so of drain rock crumble under the horizontal force of the hill, or be okay? I don't plan on dying any time soon.
