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

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beautiful cob

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Help solve the mystery of the T-door

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

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What kind of cob/daub mixture for a dollhouse-size wattle and daub house?

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Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

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Adding sawdust,paper or charcoal to clay

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Silt or clay?

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Replacing siding and insulation on a wood frame house

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Original Cinva-Ram for sale

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Cob vs hay bale vs aircrete

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Embedding a heating cable in cob

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Building a cob house on pre-existing garage structure

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Foundation for cob chicken coop

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Tyvek + Cob?

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Nettle as Straw alternative

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Natural Building in the Redwoods with Uncle Mud

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

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Cob Wall inside greenhouse with hugelkulture

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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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Casa Burrito, a cob house in Mexico

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

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Compressed Earth Block press wanted - Cinva or ??

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Uncle Mud Outdoor Permaculture Kitchen Build Some Place Warm

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

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Cob Building in the Ozarks

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Building a Cob Privy: Cobbing as Therapy

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Help solve the mystery of the T-door

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Foundation for cob chicken coop

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Difference between Cob and Adobe?

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Replacing siding and insulation on a wood frame house

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Cob/rammed earth builders in central Ohio?

1 month ago 23 replies

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I need the recipe for tadelakt

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Kentucky cob dwellings to visit?

1 month ago 10 replies 4

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Cob building in South Carolina

2 months ago 8 replies 2

Original Cinva-Ram for sale

2 months ago 3 replies 2 1

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

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Compressed Earth Block press wanted - Cinva or ??

2 months ago 7 replies 1

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

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Cob vs hay bale vs aircrete

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Cob home in Hot humid climate?

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PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.claypaint - Make Clay Paint

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Cob House in Joshua Tree, CA questions

3 months ago 3 replies

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

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I built a Cinva-Ram CEB press, and I made it easier for you to build one too!

3 months ago 113 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 40 7

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

4 months ago 7 replies

Natural Building in the Redwoods with Uncle Mud

4 months 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

4 months ago 2 replies 1

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Sourcing Hydrated Lime for Plaster

4 months ago 14 replies

Silt or clay?

5 months ago 18 replies 3 4

Casa Burrito, a cob house in Mexico

5 months ago 1 reply 9

Nettle as Straw alternative

5 months ago 2 replies

Tyvek + Cob?

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introductions

new member Tucson working on a bale/cob hybrid home

6 months ago 3 replies 1

Cob in interior of mobile home

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Cob Wall inside greenhouse with hugelkulture

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Hemp fiber (fibre) or shiv in cob

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Embedding a heating cable in cob

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My stabilized cob projects

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Adding sawdust,paper or charcoal to clay

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projects

Rototiller cob

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Virginia Cobbers?

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Building a cob house on pre-existing garage structure

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

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COB in southern AZ

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Hurricane Proof Cob House?

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