There are a few books that I referenced and relied on throughout the process of building my cob house. I’ve come up with a short list of books for aspiring cob builders to get inspired and get set on the path to actual construction of a small cob house similar to my own. Check them [...]
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You Can Build This Cob House For $3000
When designing my cob house, it was a goal to keep building costs very low and to obtain as many building materials as locally as possible, especially natural (of course) and reclaimed supplies. Few materials were purchased new, and about as few are synthetic.
In this very detailed entry, Recipe for Building a Cob House, you [...]
Help Promote Cob Building and Support The Year of Mud
A little over one year ago, I started building my first cob house. And simultaneously, I started The Year of Mud to document the entire building process. I have kept regular documentation going since I started designing my house, all the way through making an urbanite foundation, to building cob walls, constructing a reciprocal roof [...]
The most beautiful cob house ever?
There are a few natural buildings that stand out in my mind as some of the most beautiful examples. One of them is Meka’s cob cottage. See it for yourself here: The Most Beautiful Green Home Building Construction Project Ever?
What do you think?
Building a house out of cob: an audio interview
This afternoon, I did an interview with Tom Tucker of Greenblogosphere.com to talk about building with cob. We talked about my experience building a cob house, the benefits and history of cob, why I chose cob over other materials, etc. We also talked a little bit about life here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.
It was really [...]
Natural building 101: Building with cob
I whipped up a new post for my new blogging job at Green Options, which can be found at Green Building Elements: Natural Building 101: Building an Eco-Friendly Cob House.
This is a sort of introduction to cob building for anyone unfamiliar with the technique. Please check it out!
The cob walls are complete
194.5 batches of cob stomped by foot and applied by hand and you get:
Yesterday afternoon and this morning, I put some final touches on the cob walls, leveling them in preparation for the soon-coming reciprocal roof. After I smoothed out some of the last cobs, I took a minute as I stood on the lean-to [...]
Cob walls are 99%
Here’s a couple of photos of the 99% complete cob walls. I figure I’ll be able to finish them off tomorrow, perhaps Sunday if it takes a couple more batches than I expect. Reciprocal roof: here we come!
Also, in the top photo you might notice a post near the entryway. This black locust post will [...]
The end is (seriously) near
With the help of my superstar work exchangers Dan and Danielle, the cob walls are nearly complete. Unfortunately, D&D departed today to begin their own pursuits, but I am hopeful that I’ll be able to complete cobbing by myself by the weekend. I suspect it will take 10 or so batches to level out the [...]
The story so far
Recent highlights the past week included cobbing above the south window, removing the door brace (ahhh for easy entering and exiting!), and sticking in most of the deadmen for the roof rafters. It feels more and more like an actual house with each passing day.
