build a cob house

Trying to understand the the details.

Going to try doing this instead: http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/sustainable-village-provides-innovative-shelter-and-safe-haven/uncategorized

it’s called earthbag building, and I found someone to get the special tube sandbags from cheap. This method is a little easier(at least for the first few layers) than cob. both are labor intensive, but you just can’t find a house like this anywhere else, plus, its pretty much free

I got a bead on a cement mixer, $150 bucks..its electric which kinda sucks but I can just run it off an inverter whenever I can get started building the house…or invest in a gas one, probly invest in a gas one. I’m gonna cob all summer, make the cliche crap like a bench and a pizza oven, maybe a sweat house too. gotta get digging soon!

I am gathering materials right now. So far I have all the windows and doors, and a pot belly stove, next up to gather is whatever god puts in my path. It worked for the windows and doors so i figure I’ll give that a shot, once all the materials are gathered I’ll take that as a sign to commence building.
Still need:
*green house windows and door
*floor material
*kitchen cabinets and counters
*roofing
*appliances
*power generation (wind, solar, hydro, all three?)

My husband and I have the plans for our cob house and have begun the site clearing already.

A tiny little dream house. An extension of the earth. My earliest dream is to build a house of my own with my own hands.

We are starting a life together, and soon, a family. We want our cob home in the Hill Country to be our homebase and then we want to build a cob home in each Baja Sur and British Columbia.

I’m 15 and am thinking about being an architect when I’m older. I also want to build and live in a cob house when I am older. How would I build a cob house, how long will it take, where would I get the materials, how many peopleshould help me, how expensive is it to build ne, how big can you build one? any other info/tips would be great…

The cool thing about cob and many forms of natural building, is that anyone can do it- after a minimum of research and poking around the net is done, you’re on your way

I wish 43 would let you post more than one pic to an entry…there’s so many cool cob houses- but i can only show one pic that i found…

it’s not about cob, but very it’s very similar, it actually looks a lot easier than cob and relatively the same after the finish is put on. It’s worth a glimpse, just make sure you are patient enough to scroll past the first few pictures to see the real cool examples at the bottom. http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/sustainable-village-provides-innovative-shelter-and-safe-haven/uncategorized