How To Make A Cob House Roof

They way the roof is designed is to act in compression while exerting force on the bond beam which will act in tension.

How to make a cob house roof.

At long last i have a living roof. By ziggy may 14 2009 10 comments. For a much fuller discussion of foundations and drainage issues as they relate to cob see my book with ianto evans and linda smiley the hand sculpted house q. I ve been anticipating this day for over a year now and it s finally done.

The important part of cob is getting the mix right you want roughly between 2 parts clay 1 part sand sprinkling of straw and a little water. To mix these together the favorite method is with your bare feet. Cob house construction is an ancient building technique using lumps of earth mixed with sand straw and water. Learn all the skills.

The cob wall has small openings in the top and the bottom of the wall to facilitate good ventilation for keeping the house cool. Cob building is easy to learn requires no special equipment and uses sustainable materials. His perseverance and meticulous calculations made it possible for devan mash to design a 4 thick cob wall. Posted 5 years ago.

Register for our 2018 cob workshops here. I love the feeling of the cob squishing between your toes so much fun. Learn about the pros and cons of each material in this excerpt taken from roofs. The 4 thick cob wall.

About a third of the world s population lives. I am no expert but the guy in england kevin mccabe that builds huge cob houses uses a dead man and a wooden rim and then attaches wood to wood for the roof and then covers the joints in with cob fills the cob up to the roof beams. You would place a bond beam at the top of the cob wall ideally concrete and rebar or alternatively airplane cable connecting all the members of the roof in one big circle. Cob structures can be used as homes chicken coops barns and even smaller ones for ovens.

From sod to straw wool to wood there are a variety of roof insulation options for cob houses.