A noteworthy few days at Cob Haven……
Friday morning, Greg, Matt and Amantha showed up with a trailer load of cedar boards. Over the course of the day, a roof was framed with pine rafters and the cedar, completing the “good hat” part of the outfit. The idea is that a solid, high and dry foundation to protect from “wet feet” and a rainproof “hat” are essential to keeping a cob building from eroding back to its origins. Plaster is the third part of this equation, but that will come in a few months….Chris, Hope and Paul joined in later in the day, and by late afternoon, the roof deck was up and some more cob had been added.
Over the course of the rest of the weekend, spontaneous cobbustion was observed, with Bailey, Gaius, Carol #1, Tain, Amy, Marilyn, and Ben providing the spark on Saturday. On Sunday, Carol #2 and one of the natives, currently known as Cobberhead (photo below), were coconspirators in the process.
Randy came out on Monday morning and threw on some of the cob remaining from the cob mixing completed over the previous few days.
Friday in 4 seconds can be seen here.
Ohhhhwwwwwweewwwwwww . . . . can’t say I’m a big fan of Cobberheads.