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

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double chamber cob oven plans - download

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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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balecob home on earthbag foundation--building progress

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

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Raised Earth Foundations

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Making cob 101 (the basics of basics)

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Help solve the mystery of the T-door

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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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I need the recipe for tadelakt

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Cob Building in the Ozarks

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Difference between Cob and Adobe?

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Double Chamber Cob Oven

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Paramo Permacultura Colombia - project for homesteading and education in the tropical highlands

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Songs to sing while treading the cob

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Idea generation for a house...

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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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Fire Resistant Earthen Houses

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Cob house flooring and moisture barrier

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Replacing siding and insulation on a wood frame house

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Cob vs hay bale vs aircrete

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Foundation for cob chicken coop

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Cob building questions

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Shopping at God's Hardware Store with Uncle Mud, Playa Edition

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Pallets as cordwood?

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Essential Cob Construction Book

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Cob Live Expert

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Shopping at God's Hardware Store, Desert Edition with Uncle Mud and Ray Cirino

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Help solve the mystery of the T-door

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

2 weeks ago 4 replies 3 1

Pallets as cordwood?

1 month ago 5 replies 1 1 1

Compressed Earth Block press wanted - Cinva or ??

1 month ago 10 replies 7

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PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.claypaint - Make Clay Paint

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

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Cob building questions

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Cob/rammed earth builders in central Ohio?

3 months ago 27 replies

Idea generation for a house...

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Building my first natural house in Kenya coastal region

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Cob house flooring and moisture barrier

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Cob Building in the Ozarks

6 months ago 39 replies 3 2

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

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Replacing siding and insulation on a wood frame house

6 months ago 11 replies 1

Cob Live Expert

7 months ago 1 reply

Bast fiber (fibre) or shiv in cob

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Original Cinva-Ram for sale

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digital market

double chamber cob oven plans - download

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8 slices

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Fire Resistant Earthen Houses

7 months ago 8 replies 2 10

Shopping at God's Hardware Store with Uncle Mud, Playa Edition

7 months ago 1 reply 1 1

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I need the recipe for tadelakt

7 months ago 28 replies 2

Essential Cob Construction Book

8 months ago 0 replies 1 2

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

8 months ago 21 replies 4 8 7

Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

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Foundation for cob chicken coop

9 months ago 6 replies 2 8 2

Difference between Cob and Adobe?

9 months ago 26 replies 3

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Kentucky cob dwellings to visit?

10 months ago 10 replies 4

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Cob building in South Carolina

10 months ago 8 replies 2

Build an Off-Grid, Rocket-Powered Sauna with Uncle Mud! October 25-27 2024

11 months ago 4 replies 3 1

Cob vs hay bale vs aircrete

11 months ago 9 replies 4

Cob home in Hot humid climate?

11 months ago 28 replies 15 2

Cob House in Joshua Tree, CA questions

11 months ago 3 replies

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

1 year ago 0 replies

Need help understanding what clay I should buy to use in cob.

1 year ago 7 replies

Natural Building in the Redwoods with Uncle Mud

1 year ago 1 reply 3

Uncle Mud Outdoor Permaculture Kitchen Build Some Place Warm

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Uncle Mud Cob Pizza Oven Build at the Art Farm Zebulon North Carolina October 12-13 2024

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Build a Cedar and Straw Clay and Cob Sauna Dome with Uncle Mud September 18-23, 2024

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rocket mass heaters

Searching for rocket stove consultant

1 year ago 2 replies 1

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Sourcing Hydrated Lime for Plaster

1 year ago 14 replies

Silt or clay?

1 year ago 18 replies 3 4

Casa Burrito, a cob house in Mexico

1 year ago 1 reply 9

Nettle as Straw alternative

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