Has anyone had any experience in building with cob? I stumbled on a book about it in Waterstones the other day and have just spent a while looking at what google came up with. Looks like fun!
It remings me a bit of that chap who built his house (in the ashdown forest I think) on grand design, the A-frame and straw bale one. Prior to that he'd been sleeping out under an open platform! Most bushy build site I've ever seen!
Some of the stuff is pretty "zen-heavy", but it does seem a fast, sustainable and very cheap answere to some needs.. Also, the ovens look really handy.
Ben
some of the better sites I've found so far:
http://www.kleiwerks.com/
http://www.cobworks.com/
http://weblife.org/cob/ - cob builders handbook online
http://www.alternatives.com/cob-building/22.html
Lots of good ones, just watch out for crazy hippies they bite (if you smell like muesli and mixed pulses)
It remings me a bit of that chap who built his house (in the ashdown forest I think) on grand design, the A-frame and straw bale one. Prior to that he'd been sleeping out under an open platform! Most bushy build site I've ever seen!
Some of the stuff is pretty "zen-heavy", but it does seem a fast, sustainable and very cheap answere to some needs.. Also, the ovens look really handy.
Ben
some of the better sites I've found so far:
http://www.kleiwerks.com/
http://www.cobworks.com/
http://weblife.org/cob/ - cob builders handbook online
http://www.alternatives.com/cob-building/22.html
Lots of good ones, just watch out for crazy hippies they bite (if you smell like muesli and mixed pulses)