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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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Raised Earth Foundations

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balecob home on earthbag foundation--building progress

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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

35 replies 1

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

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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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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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Getting through the red tape (Canada)

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Where can you buy clay?

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Cob in So. IL

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Greetings from Malaysia!

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Help fire!!

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Advice on native soil

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Uncle Mud: A Cautionary Tale of a Sad Pizza Oven

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Repair and maintenance of Cobb wall

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Repairing my Parents' Cob Oven

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Uncle Mud Live Cob Building Demo (2016)

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Repairing Cracks in Earthen Plaster and Cob

1 reply 1

Ceramics clay use in cob

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Uncle Mud's Cheat Sheet for Sourcing Earthen Building Materials

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Hello from Oklahoma

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Uncle Mud Subsoil Testing for Cob Building (Short Version)

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Cob building permits in Europe

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Outdoor shower drainage?

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Uncle Mud Job Site Moments

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A "Recipe Book of Cob, Cement, Adobe, and Earthen Mixtures?

10 hours ago 1 reply

Cob house, insulation and TN

1 day ago 9 replies

Cob building in South Carolina

1 day ago 2 replies

Earth Oven - Foundation Question in USDA Zone 6b

2 days ago 1 reply

cob mix cracking....looking for advice! pictures included

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Help fire!!

3 days ago 4 replies 8 2

careers

What types of construction projects have you worked in?

1 week ago 5 replies 1 2

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

1 week ago 102 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 40 7

Rubble trench for cob

1 week ago 4 replies

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cob floor finishing in north Georgia, building strawbale house

1 week ago 1 reply

How do you seal and insulate a cob foundation?

2 weeks ago 3 replies 1

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Making cob 101 (the basics of basics)

2 weeks ago 19 replies 4 15 5

wood burning stoves

building a smoker with cob?

2 weeks ago 7 replies 1 3 1

baler netwrap instead of straw?

3 weeks ago 1 reply

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Uncle Mud Cob Oven Workshop: June 5-6 2021 at Bending Oak Permaculture Farm, Youngstown Ohio

3 weeks ago 1 reply 1

Cob walls for existing shed frame and room

1 month ago 4 replies 1

Cob Sauna...Anybody built one?

1 month ago 5 replies 1

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Cob Building in the Ozarks

1 month ago 19 replies 1 1

Thermal Conductivity: Un-fired Earth (cob) vs Fired Earth (Fired bricks)

1 month ago 2 replies

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

1 month ago 54 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 2

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Cob building permits in Europe

1 month ago 8 replies 1

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Uncle Mud: Hands On Cob Wall and Pizza Oven Workshop. Mid Ohio. May 20-23

1 month ago 0 replies 1

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Cob in So. IL

2 months ago 15 replies 1

introductions

Hello from Oklahoma

2 months ago 4 replies 1

Building Cob with no local clay?

2 months ago 16 replies 1 1

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Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

2 months ago 30 replies 12 132 17

beautiful cob

2 months ago 13 replies 4 40 9

Uncle Mud Quick-Tip: Harvesting Local Subsoil for Cob Building

2 months ago 3 replies 1

Ceramics clay use in cob

2 months ago 6 replies

Kitty litter clay for bricks

2 months ago 9 replies

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Getting through the red tape (Canada)

2 months ago 5 replies 1

Not another Cob Oven Workshop with Uncle Mud! June 12, 2021, Marysville Ohio

2 months ago 0 replies 1

Cob Workshop with Uncle Mud

2 months ago 1 reply 1

Loess and Expansive Clay vis. Cob

3 months ago 9 replies

digital market

Uncle Mud Cheat-Sheet # 2 Testing your Soil for Earthen Building (Ebook, PDF)

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3 months ago 0 replies 2

Enough clay soil?

3 months ago 4 replies 2

Uncle Mud: A Cautionary Tale of a Sad Pizza Oven

3 months ago 2 replies 1 1

Ask Uncle Mud: Can You Really Put Cob on That? Tire Bale Earthship in Ohio

3 months ago 0 replies 1

Uncle Mud at the Mother Earth News Fair, Albany Oregon 2019

3 months ago 0 replies 1 1

straw bale house

Tiny Strawbale/Cob Home Progress and Questions

3 months ago 37 replies 2 67 6

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

3 months ago 45 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 13

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Financing Options for Cob House

4 months ago 1 reply

natural building

Cob cottage planning questions

4 months ago 0 replies

Cob viable in the houston area?

4 months ago 5 replies

Cob/pumice

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