Videos 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...

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 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...

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...