Cob Houses

Cob has been used for centuries to build sustainable, low-cost, efficient housing. Cob (similar to adobe) is a combination of earth, clay, straw, sand, and water to produce a very strong, habitable structure. As mentioned, cob is a very inexpensive way to build, has great thermal mass potential (which allows for natural cooling in the summer and natural heating during the winter), and can be built to suit any application. Cobb is naturally fire resistant and the material can be used to make ovens.

I plan on doing some research on cob structures. I think that most of the materials can be found at Crocket Creek.

More to come..

Here's a link to a guy who wrote a free e-book and maintains a cool blog on cob houses..

www.thiscobhouse.com/

Here's a cool video of a cob structure some people built:



And another from the same organization about living in small spaces: