Comments on: Building an Horno (Clay Oven) – Adding Insulation Layers http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432 House Plans and Blueprints Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: MerryChicky http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12467 MerryChicky Tue, 29 May 2012 14:15:01 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12467 wow, great video...I'm off to check out your website! wow, great video…I’m off to check out your website!

]]> By: Zarbod http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12466 Zarbod Tue, 29 May 2012 13:49:15 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12466 I'd like to see more of this but I'm not going to pay for it. Oh well. I’d like to see more of this but I’m not going to pay for it. Oh well.

]]> By: researchfiend http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12465 researchfiend Tue, 29 May 2012 13:43:55 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12465 Good Stuff, Fellow beings who are doing cob and other sustainable things, please document with your cell and/or digital and upload here to share your wisdom! thanks! Good Stuff,

Fellow beings who are doing cob and other sustainable things, please document with your cell and/or digital and upload here to share your wisdom!

thanks!

]]> By: evalarevolution http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12464 evalarevolution Tue, 29 May 2012 13:35:06 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12464 I would love to see other postings from you! I would love to see other postings from you!

]]> By: gaiatechnician http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12463 gaiatechnician Tue, 29 May 2012 12:48:06 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12463 I use a shovel first and then a fork to mix in the straw in cob. You can add more straw and get a drier mix that way. And, It is much easier! I use a shovel first and then a fork to mix in the straw in cob. You can add more straw and get a drier mix that way. And, It is much easier!

]]> By: polygamous1 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12462 polygamous1 Tue, 29 May 2012 12:12:32 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12462 i used lots of straws with the top mixure but found out the over was geting hot on the outside after about 40 minutes of the fire going on so i used vermiculite rendered over then another layer n rendered ove it again totl thickness on the top about 7 inches Now even after he meat is cooked an hour firing the oven about 90 minutes for the food the top of the oven its not even warm the sides are a bit i used less vermiculite there i dry logs after the food is cooked the oven keeps the heat well i used lots of straws with the top mixure but found out the over was geting hot on the outside after about 40 minutes of the fire going on so i used vermiculite rendered over then another layer n rendered ove it again totl thickness on the top about 7 inches Now even after he meat is cooked an hour firing the oven about 90 minutes for the food the top of the oven its not even warm the sides are a bit i used less vermiculite there i dry logs after the food is cooked the oven keeps the heat well

]]> By: polygamous1 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12461 polygamous1 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:25:32 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12461 not a problem at all look in builder's skips when they are building extentions they have to go down a metre n many times a lot more if there are roots in the clay the building inspector will ask them too also they are digging the roads for new gas mains n they go down about 10 feet u will get good clay from there its NO need to pay for expensive fire clay or fire bricks if u r dome is well insulated n thick just use lots of vermiculite n gl its great fun worth the trouble in the end not a problem at all look in builder’s skips when they are building extentions they have to go down a metre n many times a lot more if there are roots in the clay the building inspector will ask them too also they are digging the roads for new gas mains n they go down about 10 feet u will get good clay from there its NO need to pay for expensive fire clay or fire bricks if u r dome is well insulated n thick just use lots of vermiculite n gl its great fun worth the trouble in the end

]]> By: polygamous1 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12460 polygamous1 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:21:38 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12460 i used a plaster mixer on an electric drill to mix the clay sand together then by hand to mix the straws in do Not mix the straws with the clay first it be very hard after to mix the sand in i did it n had to start all over again i used a plaster mixer on an electric drill to mix the clay sand together then by hand to mix the straws in do Not mix the straws with the clay first it be very hard after to mix the sand in i did it n had to start all over again

]]> By: gaiatechnician http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12459 gaiatechnician Tue, 29 May 2012 10:32:35 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12459 The easiest method I found was to mix the sand and clay first with the shovel in a wheelbarrow. You mix dry, and "cut" everything together with the shovel. Once everything is fairly well together you mix in water until it is a slurry. Then you add the straw and mix that in with a garden fork (3 tines). The straw dries out the mix as you add it so you end up with a fairly stiff mix. This was the most effective and quickest method that I found when I built a 10ft by 10ft cob shed in my garden. The easiest method I found was to mix the sand and clay first with the shovel in a wheelbarrow. You mix dry, and “cut” everything together with the shovel. Once everything is fairly well together you mix in water until it is a slurry. Then you add the straw and mix that in with a garden fork (3 tines). The straw dries out the mix as you add it so you end up with a fairly stiff mix.
This was the most effective and quickest method that I found when I built a 10ft by 10ft cob shed in my garden.

]]> By: morbflorist http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12458 morbflorist Tue, 29 May 2012 09:52:31 +0000 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1432#comment-12458 That makes me horno! That makes me horno!

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