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“Dirt Cheap” Cob Homes

by Alex | May 24, 2015 | Cob, General

I have a lot of people ask me… “How much does a cob home cost?” Or… “I heard cob homes are really cheap to build. How much does it cost per square foot?” These are good questions to ask, but they’re very broad and can’t really be answered in a general sense. The cost...

Earth Building Techniques – Build Your Home with Earth

by Alex | Feb 22, 2015 | Cob, General, Materials, Walls

Beginnings of Earth Building Techniques Earth building techniques have been around for thousands of years. Since before our recorded history, people have been using the earth to build with. That’s why I tell people that earth building techniques are nothing new. In...

Online Cob Workshop Review – Solution to Your Workshop Woes

by Alex | Feb 2, 2015 | Cob, Services, Videos, Workshops

This is a comprehensive cob workshop that can be taken via the internet. This is what that means for you: You can learn from home at your own pace, You don’t need to ever take vacation days off, No travel required, You only pay a fraction of the cost!...

Cob House Travel Tour – East Coast

by Alex | Jan 14, 2015 | Cob, General, Travel

The east coast of the United States isn’t known for its abundance of cob homes and other natural homes, but there is actually a lot going on over on this side of the country. Some of this development has been recent and some of it has just been tucked away and out of...

My Top 3 Reasons to Build a Cob House

by Alex | Nov 29, 2014 | Cob, Workshops

One of the main things that led me to natural building methods was my search for ways to build a non-toxic, healthy home that I could live in and that it not tax my body. Modern conventional building is highly toxic and potentially damaging to our health. From...

Cob Homes – Indoor Temperatures, Insulation, and Thermal Retention

by Alex | Aug 25, 2014 | Cob, General

Some common questions that I receive from people interested in building a cob home: – What does the temperature feel like inside a cob house in the summer? And in the winter? – Can I install central heating and air conditioning in my cob...