Video: How Does Cob Stand Up to an Earthquake?

3/23/2011 12:00:00 AM

by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large

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Robyn Griggs Lawrence thumbnail This morning my friend and Natural Home Advisory Board member David Eisenberg posted a great video that answers a question that likely concerns many cob builders and cob home dwellers): How does cob stand up to earthquakes? The answer? Pretty well—unless the earthquake is extreme.

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