Hamza Rahy

Actually i've just had a question pop into my head, haha. Is there an alternative to a concrete ring below the boveda, like changing the way the cob walls are built? Or adding cob in a certain way before placing the boveda?

Woah haha thank you to both of you and apologies for the late response !!!

I really appreciate both of your in-depth answers, and will definitely be looking more into every topic. I do like the appeal of the bovedas, and was looking as much as i could into those, though i can't understand spanish so it was a little hard, but thank you Simon ill be using some of your explanations to research it even more.

About the legality, to be honest i have no clue how the legal process of this works in ROI (Republic of Ireland) but i should look more into it than i have been. I suppose i assumed there would be very little trouble as cob houses are obviously common here and i figured if they can approve thatch roofs made hundreds of years ago they would approve of a newly constructed boveda, lol.

So, i'm pretty sure i'm leaning towards a boveda style of roof, and like you said i'd have to include a concrete ring to help with stability and such, if i'm understanding correctly. Would the limecrete-like-method work on a boveda style roof, and would it also be applicable to a place where rain is so common?

Thank you again Phil and Simon, i never would've thought i could've received such incredibly helpful and in-depth responses ! It helps so much, truly.

Hello!!

Now, these may be very, very silly questions as i am neither architech nor cob-sensei, so i apologize if this is just too ridiculous a question for you to handle...

But, i was wondering about the logistics or using brick to form a dome-like roof (somewhat common in Mexico). However, another aspect is that it would be in a fairly rainy and cloudy place, with lots of wind... Could it be possible? I know i'd probably have to hire out because brick roofs are hard to master (probably wont stop me from trying and failing anyways lol), but was just wondering if it would even be physically possible before i start making the plans.

If that's not possible, would an alternative be to just use cob itself? if you created a good enough lime seal (maybe even tadelakt) and made sure that it had spectacular rain run off, would it hold up or would it simply wind up disintegrating?

Thank you all so much for your help !!!