Hello! So I’m starting my journey of preparing to build my own house with self labor. It’s gonna be a while. Before I ask questions tho, let me tell you the plan. Next year I plan on buying land and living in a travel trailer while I build. The whole first year of living there, I’m not really gonna build and just try to source as much material as possible. I’m gonna try to find as much reclaimed as I can and what not and prob do a few small experimental structures to test out the feel and all that.
I was interested in Cob at first tho my dad says he wouldn’t bc if the climate. I’m from Tennessee and it get very humid there. It also gets hot in summer and cold enough in the winter to want insulation. Would con be something y’all would consider in that kind of climate and would adding the extra work of sandwiching cob wall with insulation be worth it?
I’ve also considered earth bermed earth bag building. However, I would still want insulation, even in the bermed walls. What would be the best insulation for those buildings? Could I maybe add loose cellulose to the earth bag mix? Would that effect the integrity of the mix?
