Here’s a normal cob wall (with no/near zero significant water damage):
And another wall that has been pelted in a flash flood:
The damage isn’t that significant (it’s just surface runoff), but it sure still bugs me…
The year I built my first cob house
About The Year of Mud
Hullo. I am Brian, but I am also called Ziggy. I'm a 25-year-old currently living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. In April of 2008, I began building my own cob house. Here I shall document the entire cob building process. This is the Year of Mud.
The House That Millet Built- A rough drawing of the kitchen design March 11, 2010
- Seeking Builders with Balecob Information and Experience! March 11, 2010
- Drainage trench dug and filled before winter March 11, 2010
- What to expect from The House That Millet Built March 11, 2010
- New building project!: Sub-community kitchen and social house March 11, 2010
- sustainablog
- What Can a Soccer Ball Teach Us about Embodied Energy? ziggy
- On Rooftops Worldwide, a Solar Water Heating Revolution Earth Policy Institute
- Make Your Own Energy-Saving Thermal Curtains ziggy
- Creation Care in Action: Scott Sabin’s Tending to Eden Jeff McIntire-Strasburg
- How to Grow Your Own Shiitake Mushrooms At Home ziggy