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Cob House Cost Realities – How Much Does It Cost To Build A Cob House?

by Alex | Nov 9, 2018 | Building Codes & Permits, Cob, Designs, General, Materials, Uncategorized, Videos

I want to talk about cob house cost realities here. Now, I’ve talked about this a couple of times before in the past and it’s sort of my opinion that the cost of building a cob house generally is going to be about the same cost per square foot as a...

9 Tips for Cob House Building Code Approval

by Alex | Mar 18, 2017 | Building Codes & Permits, Cob, Designs, Foundations

Here are 9 tips for getting building approval for your cob house construction. Sometimes just doing one of these things can be enough to help. Meaning, you don’t have to check off every one of these tips to get your approval. These tips can apply to different...

Cob House Foundation Design – For the Modern Cob House

by Alex | Mar 7, 2017 | Building Codes & Permits, Cob, Designs, Foundations, Videos

Having a proper cob house foundation design is critical to the success of your cob building! I stress this point every single time I talk about foundations. Its not something to pass over lightly just so you can get to the fun of doing cob work. Take time and...

Modern Cob House Design

by Alex | Mar 4, 2017 | Building Codes & Permits, Cob, Designs, Videos

Modern Cob House Design 101 is a video presentation I put together on the main components and principles of designing a cob or earthen home for the standards of the 21st century. This is a value packed video for beginners and for experts. Here are the topics...

What about Cob Building Codes and Cob Permit Requirements?

by Alex | Apr 15, 2012 | Building Codes & Permits, General

When people first learn about building homes and structures out of cob they get really excited and their imaginations go wild with creative ideas and all the possibilities that the material offers for creating things. Then at some point in our excitement we get a rude...