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This forum is all about cob, and adobe, too.

Basics of Cob | Beautiful Cob Structures | Cob Durability

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double chamber cob oven plans - download

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Dale's cob house, in the Philippines has morphed-I am moving there, taking over,adopting family etc.

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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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I need the recipe for tadelakt

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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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Cob House in Bahia - Brazil

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Paramo Permacultura Colombia - project for homesteading and education in the tropical highlands

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Mechanical Mixer for Cob

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cob building - when clay isn't clay

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Difference between Cob and Adobe?

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Harvesting Clay For Cob?

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Natural concrete alternatives

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cob vs earth bags

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Cob House in Bahia - Brazil

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Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

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Black pigment in my lime plaster?

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Brick Roof for Cob? Or other alternatives?

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Building a Tornado-Resistant House

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Foundation for cobwood shed? And other questions.

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no building codes for cob yet exist in North America

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Cob done by using potter clay & sand

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Type of soil

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I want to build an adobe home in Georgia -- do you think it's feasible in this rainy/humid climate?

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Steep pitched living roof.

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Cob Building for Children book?

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cutting bottles for glass tubes - best way to do a lot?

8 replies 1 1

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Advice for Pizza oven

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Cob fireplace, bottles, cans and bricks.

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Building a Pallet Cob Cabin

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integrating load bearing concrete columns into a cob structure in a seismic area

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Cob/Plaster/Etc over RV?

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Brick 22 of 72 - Cob Houses by Paul Wheaton

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2-Story (Cob) House in hot-humid climate built on rice terraces ?

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Earthen Floor Materials

2 days ago 1 reply

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very low clay content, sandy soil

4 days ago 7 replies

insulating cob walls

1 week ago 8 replies

Hogs to mix cobb

1 week ago 3 replies

Steep pitched living roof.

1 week ago 10 replies 4

Building a Pallet Cob Cabin

3 weeks ago 6 replies 1 1

earth bag

build onto existing house with earthbag/cob

1 month ago 1 reply

no building codes for cob yet exist in North America

1 month ago 2 replies 1

Cob done by using potter clay & sand

1 month ago 10 replies 6 1

integrating load bearing concrete columns into a cob structure in a seismic area

1 month ago 8 replies 1 4 1

Shale for rubble trench?

1 month ago 3 replies

Two Story Cob Barndominium Homestead 18 months+

1 month ago 8 replies 64 3

cob

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

1 month ago 86 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 40 5

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balecob home on earthbag foundation--building progress

1 month ago 42 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 89 30 7

natural building

Building a Tornado-Resistant House

1 month ago 7 replies 2

2-Story (Cob) House in hot-humid climate built on rice terraces ?

1 month ago 7 replies

Black pigment in my lime plaster?

2 months ago 17 replies 6 6

Cob House in Bahia - Brazil

2 months ago 30 replies 82 7

digital market

double chamber cob oven plans - download

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8 slices

2 months ago 24 replies 1 12 5

Uncovered patio made with cob

3 months ago 3 replies

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I want to build an adobe home in Georgia -- do you think it's feasible in this rainy/humid climate?

3 months ago 3 replies 7 2

Cob Wall Abutting Another Wall -- Okay?

3 months ago 2 replies

cutting bottles for glass tubes - best way to do a lot?

3 months ago 8 replies 1 1

projects

Dale's cob house, in the Philippines has morphed-I am moving there, taking over,adopting family etc.

3 months ago 243 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <5, 6, 7 ] 74 48

earthen plaster for seating area?

3 months ago 2 replies

COB in southern AZ

4 months ago 11 replies 1

eastern usa

Questions about Virginia

4 months ago 2 replies

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JOB OFFER: need project manager for natural built indoor wall

4 months ago 0 replies

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Volunteer labor available!

4 months ago 1 reply

How much does a cob oven weigh?

5 months ago 3 replies

natural building

Which will keep a house the coolest? Straw bale, cob or rammed earth?

5 months ago 11 replies 2 2

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

5 months ago 53 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 2

rocket ovens

Advice for Pizza oven

5 months ago 12 replies 3

Mechanical Mixer for Cob

5 months ago 20 replies 2 12

Hand-sculpted: Local natural building advocates work to incorporate permaculture techniques into mod

6 months ago 0 replies 1

Silt or clay? Or both?

6 months ago 5 replies 4

Brick Roof for Cob? Or other alternatives?

6 months ago 5 replies 16 3

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Got clay?

6 months ago 0 replies

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Brick 22 of 72 - Cob Houses by Paul Wheaton

7 months ago 2 1

rocket ovens

Brick 14 of 72 - Double-Chamber Cob Ovens by Paul Wheaton

7 months ago 2

Gaging how much raw materials will be needed to build a cob dragon head.

7 months ago 4 replies

Cob building in South Carolina

7 months ago 1 reply

intentional community

Communitys to join in the Ozarks

7 months ago 3 replies

Cob oven foundation

7 months ago 3 replies

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Songs to sing while treading the cob

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