by Alex | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
You’ll soon discover, if you haven’t already, the information you’re receiving in this free course is TOP-NOTCH! In this lesson I’m going to teach you all about what cob is made of. There are only 4 simple ingredients to this building material, and...
by Alex | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Welcome! In this free video course, I will be teaching you all about how to build your own cob house. Think of it as taking an introductory class on cob construction. In fact, I will be sharing more information with you in this…...
by Alex | Feb 21, 2019 | Cob, Videos, Workshops
This is an introduction to the new online video course. I’m the owner of my company, This Cob House, where I teach and educate on earthen building and other natural building materials. I got started with natural building and cob construction because I had an...
by Alex | Dec 20, 2018 | Spanish
El agua es esencial para la vida, pero cuando se trata de construir con materiales de tierra y casas de cob, el agua es su enemigo principal. Así que mucha gente tiene miedo de construir una casa de cob y la casa se derrita debido a la lluvia y la intemperie. Una cosa...
by Alex | Dec 20, 2018 | Cob, Natural Finishing, Videos, Walls
Water is essential for life, but when it comes to building with earthen materials and cob homes, water is sort of its main enemy in a way. So a lot of people have a fear of building a cob house and the house melting away because of rain and weathering. One thing...
by Alex | Dec 14, 2018 | Spanish
Voy a hablarles sobre el moho con edificios de mazorca y edificios de tierra. Mientras escribo esto, estoy aquí en Costa Rica y una cosa que noté sobre las estructuras aquí es que tienen muchos problemas de moho. Es muy húmedo y muy húmedo. Aquí la mayoría de los...
by Alex | Dec 14, 2018 | Cob, General, Materials, Natural Finishing, Walls
I’m going talk to you about mold with cob buildings and earthen buildings. As I’m writing this, I’m here in Costa Rica and one thing I notice about structures here is they do have a lot of mold issues. It’s very humid and very wet. Here most of the...
by Alex | Dec 10, 2018 | Spanish
¡Hola a todos! Estoy aquí en Costa Rica nuevamente, y solo quería darles una actualización y darles información sobre la construcción de Cobb nuevamente. Sólo quería compartir más información contigo. El año pasado, estuve aquí en Costa Rica experimentando con la...
by Alex | Dec 10, 2018 | Cob, Designs, Videos
Hey everyone! I’m here in Costa Rica again, and I just wanted to give you guys an update and give out some information about cobb building again. I wanted to just share some more information with you. Last year, I was here in Costa Rica experimenting with cob building...
by Alex | Nov 18, 2018 | Spanish
Quería hablarles sobre los diferentes componentes de la construcción de una casa de mazorca. Hay muchos componentes para una casa de mazorca o cualquier tipo de construcción natural. Me especializo en muros de mazorca y muros de barro. Realmente no me especializo en...
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