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This forum is all about cob, and adobe, too.

Basics of Cob | Beautiful Cob Structures | Cob Durability

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I built a Cinva-Ram CEB press, and I made it easier for you to build one too!

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cob

How did people make foundations for wattle and daub houses? How are the vertical posts attached?

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Making cob 101 (the basics of basics)

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$30 method to make compressed earth blocks (CEB).

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beautiful cob

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Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

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Best roof for a cob circle house

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Cob goat structure

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Cob Building in the Ozarks

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Fire Resistant Earthen Houses

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Difference between Cob and Adobe?

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Songs to sing while treading the cob

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Idea generation for a house...

18 replies 2 5 8

T-bricks - the easy way to make an adobe home

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Planning cob building for later addition

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cob building - when clay isn't clay

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What kind of cob/daub mixture for a dollhouse-size wattle and daub house?

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Stealth Cob House within a Greenhouse...can you all help me keep a secret?

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Cob House in Bahia - Brazil

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Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

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Planning cob building for later addition

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Sensationalist rage bait about cob houses

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Sauna Build (cob)

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Cob at MUD

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Re-plastering necessary for cob/Adobe if it is not exposed to the elements?

7 replies 3

Testing local material

4 replies 1

Cob That A Bank Will Finance

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Cob building in Georgia

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Cob floor for blacksmith shop

2 replies 1

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Cob in tropical regions - good idea or termite heaven?

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Building a Cob Cottage in Western WA *city*

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Help! Straw Substitute?

11 hours ago 9 replies

Cob at MUD

4 days ago 6 replies 3 4

Sauna Build (cob)

1 week ago 4 replies 14 7

Testing local material

1 week ago 4 replies 1

cob

I built a Cinva-Ram CEB press, and I made it easier for you to build one too!

1 month ago 122 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 2 42 7

Planning cob building for later addition

1 month ago 48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 12 3

projects

Cob Hat Rocket Winter Projects at Wheaton Labs

1 month ago 2 8 4

Building a Cob Cottage in Western WA *city*

2 months ago 2 replies

Cob floor for blacksmith shop

2 months ago 2 replies 1

Cob Sauna...Anybody built one?

2 months ago 7 replies 1 1

Natural Building in the Redwoods with Uncle Mud

4 months ago 2 replies 3

natural building

Advice for building a cob structure for first time builder

5 months ago 18 replies 2 7

Original Cinva-Ram for sale

7 months ago 6 replies 2 2

Cob building in Georgia

7 months ago 4 replies 1

Re-plastering necessary for cob/Adobe if it is not exposed to the elements?

7 months ago 7 replies 3

Cob goat structure

7 months ago 7 replies

Sensationalist rage bait about cob houses

7 months ago 9 replies 1 1

natural building

Help solve the mystery of the T-door

7 months ago 35 replies 4 6 22

midwest usa

Cob/rammed earth builders in central Ohio?

7 months ago 30 replies 1

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How did people make foundations for wattle and daub houses? How are the vertical posts attached?

9 months ago 23 replies 3 10 29

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Cob House in Columbia, MO

9 months ago 4 replies 2

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Cob building in South Carolina

9 months ago 9 replies 2

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Cob in tropical regions - good idea or termite heaven?

10 months ago 2 replies 2

When dry, cob becomes rock-solid to frame a rocket mass heater

10 months ago 14 replies 4 5

Compressed Earth Block press wanted - Cinva or ??

11 months ago 12 replies 7

natural building

Shipping container home covered with cobb/ earthen walls

1 year ago 15 replies 1 2

Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

1 year ago 24 replies 5 67 11

finishes

I need the recipe for tadelakt

1 year ago 29 replies 2

Pallets as cordwood?

1 year ago 7 replies 2 1 1

Cob house flooring and moisture barrier

1 year ago 16 replies 3

Advice cob oven or brick? Can cob be put over brick for insulation?

1 year ago 4 replies 3 1

pep natural building

PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.claypaint - Make Clay Paint

BB 1 year ago 4 28 4

workshops

Cob Bench and Clay Sculpting Workshop near Portland, Oregon…Interdependence Day, July 4-6

1 year ago 0 replies 5

Cob building questions

1 year ago 6 replies

Idea generation for a house...

1 year ago 18 replies 2 5 8

natural building

Building my first natural house in Kenya coastal region

1 year ago 18 replies 2 3

cob

Cob Building in the Ozarks

1 year ago 39 replies 3 2

art

mural using clay plasters and clay paint made from soil collected around Houston TX

1 year ago 3 replies 1 4

Replacing siding and insulation on a wood frame house

1 year ago 11 replies 1

Cob Live Expert

1 year ago 1 reply

Bast fiber (fibre) or shiv in cob

1 year ago 2 replies 2

digital market

double chamber cob oven plans - download

$15.95

8 slices

1 year ago 2 17 6

Fire Resistant Earthen Houses

1 year ago 9 replies 2 1 10

Do interior cob walls need a rubble trench foundation??

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