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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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Raised Earth Foundations

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

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I need the recipe for tadelakt

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cob building - when clay isn't clay

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Cob House in Bahia - Brazil

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Best roof for a cob circle house

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pictures from cob building

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Songs to sing while treading the cob

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

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Mechanical Mixer for Cob

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Tiny Strawbale/Cob Home Progress and Questions

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Difference between Cob and Adobe?

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Harvesting Clay For Cob?

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

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Tiny Strawbale/Cob Home Progress and Questions

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Join Uncle Mud's July 8 2020 Intro to Cob Webinar at Mother Earth News

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Help! Applying your own clay plaster - How realistic is my endeavour?

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Where can you buy clay?

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Greetings from Malaysia!

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Cob in So. IL

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Sodium silicate; Cob Oven Interior

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Storing clay for making cob at a later date

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What types of construction projects have you worked in?

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Uncle Mud Cob Fireplace Repair

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Advice on native soil

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Repair and maintenance of Cobb wall

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Fiber options for Cob

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Repairing my Parents' Cob Oven

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Repairing Cracks in Earthen Plaster and Cob

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Silt or clay ? (with pictures)

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Retrofitting a cob oven

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Uncle Mud's Cheat Sheet for Sourcing Earthen Building Materials

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Uncle Mud Subsoil Testing for Cob Building (Short Version)

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Reinforced Cob Walls

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earthen plaster for seating area?

11 months ago 3 replies 1

Cob - Walls and Foundation

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very low clay content, sandy soil

11 months ago 8 replies

chalk/lime/hair plaster

11 months ago 2 replies

Cob-Fiber Composite

11 months ago 13 replies 3 1

Fiber options for Cob

11 months ago 7 replies 1

Silt or clay ? (with pictures)

11 months ago 4 replies 1 2

Building permits for cob in Virginia?

1 year ago 2 replies 1

Earthen Floor Materials

1 year ago 6 replies

termite infestation in mud block house

1 year ago 14 replies 1

insulating cob walls

1 year ago 8 replies

Hogs to mix cobb

1 year ago 3 replies

Steep pitched living roof.

1 year ago 10 replies 4

Building a Pallet Cob Cabin

1 year ago 6 replies 1 1

earth bag

build onto existing house with earthbag/cob

1 year ago 1 reply

no building codes for cob yet exist in North America

1 year ago 2 replies 1

Cob done by using potter clay & sand

1 year ago 10 replies 6 1

integrating load bearing concrete columns into a cob structure in a seismic area

1 year ago 8 replies 1 4 1

Shale for rubble trench?

1 year ago 3 replies

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Building a Tornado-Resistant House

1 year ago 7 replies 2

2-Story (Cob) House in hot-humid climate built on rice terraces ?

1 year ago 7 replies

Black pigment in my lime plaster?

1 year ago 17 replies 6 6

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double chamber cob oven plans - download

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8 slices

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Uncovered patio made with cob

1 year ago 3 replies

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I want to build an adobe home in Georgia -- do you think it's feasible in this rainy/humid climate?

1 year ago 3 replies 7 2

Cob Wall Abutting Another Wall -- Okay?

1 year ago 2 replies

cutting bottles for glass tubes - best way to do a lot?

1 year ago 8 replies 1 1

COB in southern AZ

1 year ago 11 replies 1

eastern usa

Questions about Virginia

1 year ago 2 replies

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JOB OFFER: need project manager for natural built indoor wall

1 year ago 0 replies

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Volunteer labor available!

1 year ago 1 reply

How much does a cob oven weigh?

1 year ago 3 replies

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Which will keep a house the coolest? Straw bale, cob or rammed earth?

1 year ago 11 replies 2 2

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

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rocket ovens

Advice for Pizza oven

1 year ago 12 replies 3

Mechanical Mixer for Cob

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Hand-sculpted: Local natural building advocates work to incorporate permaculture techniques into mod

1 year ago 0 replies 1

Silt or clay? Or both?

1 year ago 5 replies 4

Brick Roof for Cob? Or other alternatives?

1 year ago 5 replies 16 3

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Got clay?

1 year ago 0 replies

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Brick 22 of 72 - Cob Houses by Paul Wheaton

1 year ago 2 1

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Brick 14 of 72 - Double-Chamber Cob Ovens by Paul Wheaton

1 year ago 2

Gaging how much raw materials will be needed to build a cob dragon head.

1 year ago 4 replies

Cob building in South Carolina

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