Post by Jude on Apr 24, 2015 17:18:24 GMT -6
| From: www.theyearofmud.com/2009/08/21/build-cob-house-for-3000/ I started digging a foundation on April 19, 2008, and moved into GOBCOBATRON on July 11, 2009. I effectively worked from April to November of 2008, and then April to June of this year. In total, I estimate that I spent nine months working on my house, full time. I spent every possible day that I could working, except for when it was raining (which was actually very often in 2008), and except when I was traveling. |  |
 | Batches of Cob in the Building I stomped 219 batches of cob* for the walls by foot, with the help of over 75 work exchangers, visitors, and friends throughout the year. The cob bed and bench took nearly 20 more batches of cob, almost 1/10 of the material it took to build the house itself! *one batch of cob is equal to three 5 gallon buckets of sand, and 2.5 worth of clay, nearly 30 gallons of material. |
sand (just over 30 tons total) – $507 gravel (about 13 tons total) – $177 straw (16 bales) – $36 (most straw I used was free) black walnut scrap lumber – $100 misc. lumber – $20 windows – $220 (two casement, one double hung window) electrical – $28 galvanized wire – $30 Living Roof on a Cob House nails – $100 raw linseed oil (for floor) – $72 EPDM pond liner $622 polycarbonate for skylight $400 and for the rocket stove: firebricks – $70 flue pipe – $228 |  |
 | With $3000 for supplies and nine months of 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′. Practically all of the labor was completed by hand (and foot), including making and applying all of the cob. |
| One of my favorite cob house videos from the West Coast of Canada. |
Not much to say that hasn't been said in the videos.
Enjoy!
