Cob Archives - This Cob House

Learn How to Build a Cob House – Cob Video Workshop

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...

How to Protect A Cob House From Rain

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...

IS MOLD A PROBLEM WITH COB HOMES? EARTHEN BUILDINGS VS CONVENTIONAL

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...

YOU CAN BUILD A COB HOUSE IN COLD CLIMATES – INSULATION AND THERMAL MASS

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...

WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A COB HOUSE – COB BUILDING COMPONENTS

by Alex | Nov 18, 2018 | Cob, General, Videos

I wanted to talk to you about the different components of building a cob house. There are many components to a cob house or any kind of natural building. I specialize in cob walls and earthen walls. I don’t really specialize in the other components of the...

Cob Homes – Are Insects and Rodents a Problem?

by Alex | Nov 11, 2018 | Cob, Foundations, General, Natural Finishing, Walls

I’ve been having a lot of questions come to me recently asking me about cob homes and do they get infested by termites, rodents, and insects. From my experience and from what I’ve learned over the years this this is not a big issue. Termites first...