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Books about cob building

By mpomo | Published: November 29, 2011
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. [...]
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Design Inspiration ~ My ‘straw-man’ shed design #1

By mpomo | Published: February 12, 2010
I thought that the best way to start on a detailed design (or at least to make a start on what I’d expect to be one of many) was to come up with a title for the shed, after some thought (not much) this seemed like a good one: Zero carbon renewable shed. What’s that…? [...]
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Cob building at Slimbridge

By mpomo | Published: February 5, 2010
I’ve been considering cob as a building material for my place. When I came across this cob building at Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire I just had to take a range of pictures for reference. I especially like the copper guttering and the use of stained glass in the irregularly shaped windows. The [...]
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Building with cob

By mpomo | Published: January 28, 2010
As a renewable, sustainable building material cob is a favoured option in green building circles. What is cob? Cob is an ancient earth building technique which uses a combination of earth, straw, sand and water. These ingredients can be mixed together by hand, using tarps, or by machinery. The mix is formed into lumps or [...]
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