I’ve fancied trying my hand at building with cob for quite some time. I’m not bold, brave or foolish(!?) enough to consider a large project but I’d like to give it a go in the form of a small shed / hut / out-house – that was part of the reason I started this site.
I’ve had the book ‘Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide‘ on my Amazon wish list for a long time and had a chance to buy one during a recent visit to the Eden Project where there were copies in stock in the excellent book section of the shop. I didn’t buy it in at Eden, thinking I’d get it cheaper online only to find it on Amazon for £43 despite a cover price of £25 (it’s now available for a more reasonable £17.01 – there’s also a Kindle edition). At this price I questioned my real need for such a pricey slab of paper and went to see what else I could find on the web. That’s when I came across ‘The Cob Builders Handbook’ available as a PDF free from http://www.weblife.org/cob/
A great, free resource for all prospective cobbers…
The handbook take you right through from choosing a site, to gathering materials, building from the foundations up right through to plastering and ‘finishing touches’.
I am officially inspired and raring to go – expect to hear more from ‘The Cob Builders Handbook’ around here…
Books about cob building
I’ve fancied trying my hand at building with cob for quite some time. I’m not bold, brave or foolish(!?) enough to consider a large project but I’d like to give it a go in the form of a small shed / hut / out-house – that was part of the reason I started this site.
I’ve had the book ‘Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide
‘ on my Amazon wish list for a long time and had a chance to buy one during a recent visit to the Eden Project where there were copies in stock in the excellent book section of the shop. I didn’t buy it in at Eden, thinking I’d get it cheaper online only to find it on Amazon for £43 despite a cover price of £25 (it’s now available for a more reasonable £17.01 – there’s also a Kindle edition). At this price I questioned my real need for such a pricey slab of paper and went to see what else I could find on the web. That’s when I came across ‘The Cob Builders Handbook’ available as a PDF free from http://www.weblife.org/cob/
A great, free resource for all prospective cobbers…
The handbook take you right through from choosing a site, to gathering materials, building from the foundations up right through to plastering and ‘finishing touches’.
I am officially inspired and raring to go – expect to hear more from ‘The Cob Builders Handbook’ around here…
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