Join Alex Sumerall in his online Cob Workshop Classroom and learn all there is to know about foundations, windows and doors in a cob house build. This is the only online cob workshop experience available. Take an intensive cob workshop without the need to travel, and take vacation time off, which is only a fraction of the cost. The online course is delivered through a series of video lessons and articles. Full details below!
Learn How to Build A Cob House With Alex's Step-By-Step Video Course!
Learn Cob Building When You Want, At a Fraction of the Price, From the Comfort of Your Own Home
This module consists of everything you need to know about building the foundations, windows and doors in a cob house. Also included is tips on getting your cob house build approved and creating a timetable for your build.
Module:Foundations, Windows & Doors, Codes & Permits Learn how to install doors and windows in cob walls, trimming cob walls, building window sills, building cob arches, and further explore building codes and permit requirements.
What's Included in this Module?
Watch Alex’s highly applicable step-by-step cob building lessons on:
An Introduction to Natural Building
Designing Your Cob House
Site Preparation
How to Square a Site for Building
Foundations 1 - Basic Principles
Foundations 2 - Rubble Trenches
Foundations 3 - Building a Stone Foundations
Foundations 4 - Laying out a Round Foundation
Windows and Doors
Building Cob Arches
Trimming Cob Walls
Total viewing time: 85 minutes
Total PDFs: 52 pages
Bonus content
9 Tips for Building Code Approval
Building on a Timetable
Total viewing time: 21 minutes
total PDFs: 2pages
Meet Your Instructor Owner/Founder of This Cob House
Alex Sumerall is an Earth Masonry Professional who has a focus on creating earthen structures that are healthy, aesthetically pleasing, and functional for modern life. He is the owner of This Cob House LLC, which is dedicated to consulting and teaching people about earth masonry techniques such as cob, rammed earth, and adobe block. Alex has been practicing Earth Masonry since 2011. He graduated from the Aprovecho School of Natural Building in 2013 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and continues to teach, present, consult, and construct.
Alex's complete 12 part course (not included here) consists of everything you need to build your cob house:
15 Hours of Video Lessons
Watch Alex’s highly applicable step-by-step cob building lessons. Available for streaming and download
Lesson PDF Notes
Get over 100 pages of PDF lessons covering each module with detailed information.
Highest Quality Training
Receive the highest quality instruction in cob and earthen construction. Just like you were at a workshop!
I give this workshop 8/10 acorns.
It is a great overview of site planning and dry stack foundation, which alone makes it worth the price.
Whereas a lot of cob instruction majors on the above-ground portions and leaves newcomers guessing as to how best to approach the subterranean, ultimately unseen, yet vitally important aspects, this series gives detailed instruction and key insights into trenches, drainage, materials, tools, measurements, etc. I would refer folks to this instruction even when building a dry stack stone wall or fence.
If you feel like you have a good overview of cob building, yet underprepared to execute a reliable foundation, this would be a great resource for you.
I'm interested but this would have to be a future purchase for me. Meanwhile I'd like to know: is this essentially a set of learning materials for us to do what we want with, or is it an actual interactive course with assignments/projects, instructor interaction, etc.? And if the latter, are there specified times when it is offered? (Didn't see that in the description, but apologies in case I missed it.)
This is work-at-your-own-pace videos and downloadable documents. I would suggest using this as static course material, and posting to https://permies.com/f/5/natural-building for interactive support and guidance from the permies community. Lots of experienced folks, laypeople, professionals, architects, engineers in this group.
Details from the description:
Total viewing time: 85 minutes
Total PDFs: 52 pages
Bonus content
9 Tips for Building Code Approval
Building on a Timetable
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