How To Build A Cob House Roof

From sod to straw wool to wood there are a variety of roof insulation options for cob houses.

How to build a cob house roof.

I ve been anticipating this day for over a year now and it s finally done. Building a tiny cob cottage in northern california usa. Register for our 2018 cob workshops here. A cob cottage you can hire which is heated by a rocket stove and was built for only 1 000 usd see the build steps 1 to 9.

About a third of the world s population lives. By ziggy may 14 2009 10 comments. At long last i have a living roof. Cob house construction is an ancient building technique using lumps of earth mixed with sand straw and water.

On monday a group of about twelve folks assembled to help me lift sod onto the top of my roof and in two and a half hours it was effectively covered. Learn about the pros and cons of each material in this excerpt taken from roofs. Cob structures can be used as homes chicken coops barns and even smaller ones for ovens. Using the same mix as cob the cmb s are made on the construction site itself.

A glimpse at how to build a cob cottage from the foundation to the roof. The top part of the compressed earth block parapet wall is lined with a layer of baked brick. Once you build the house and add a roof you should allow it to breath for many months before moving into it. Recipe for building a cob house.

With 3000 for supplies 1000 for labor and nine months of my own full time labor i was able to build gobcobatron a small cob house with interior dimensions of roughly 15 x13 and a footprint of again roughly 20 x18. Once you make your cob it will need to dry out full and that can take months to years. Building a living sod roof for a cob house.