I like how the cob guy took the mystery and finickiness out of it by explaining how to use just your hand and some water to find out if your soil is clayey enough. That's really breaking it down to the homemade level that most of us are working at! As he says, people can get so caught up in "but what percentage of this and that?", so much so that they can psych themselves out of taking action.

❤ I spent a day stomping and helping build a bit of a cob wall at Breitenbush Hot Springs in the early 90s. The project began with a workshop with Ianto of Cob Cottage Construction. When the wildfires went through the camp in 2020, the nearby wooden guest cabins burned - while the 2 cobb structures are still standing strong!

What a nice polite guy , I wish I could take a lesson from him .😊

I just bought some off grid land in Montrose. I would love to connect with the community! I’m ready to build a cobb house.😊

What a great teacher!! He explains the 'Why' in lamens terms and the cause/effect.❤

Cob Questions: 1. Can you use wood-leveled form-framing while building walls with the cob? 2. If so, how many feet in height at a time to allow curing and drying? 3. If not, what material(s) would make for adequate form-framing while building walls with the cob? 4. Would it help improve the driving into the cob & twisting method if your wooden sewing stick had 2 or more prongs on the end of it? 5. What if they had a bit of a spiral tip, like a Twist Tiller Manual Hand Tiller Garden Claw Cultivator? 6 . What about making a form for moist cob bricks before applying it to the wall? Thank you in advance for your advice.

Great video! 🌞🌱 I appreciate how you incorporate yourself into your videos and your storytelling ability. Really well done ✌️

This video is just what I needed

I had a good feeling about Colorado.

Great video, he looks like Willem DeFoe.

Awesome! Thank you!

very impressive and inspiring! thank you 😊

Really enjoyed this x Going to have a go at a wall x Thank you x x x

Love it, nice cadence of introduction & techniques & material. Well done on your video skills etc lately

My Bday is the 26th! Happy birthday!

I’ve mixed shredded paper into my cob/adobe mix and it made much more weather resistant. It does take longer to dry out.

Amazing thank you for this

28:30 If it's so vulnerable to rain from above, how do you protect the wall while it's a work in progress (no roof or sealant)? Just put a tarp over it when the forecast says rain? edit: nvm answered :) 30:45

Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 24" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time

He talked about termites possibly getting in the walls if the straw content is too high. What about straw-clay homes? How would one prevent termites (or moisture seeping/rot, for that matter) if the inner bulk of the walls are strawbale for insulation?

When buidling COB it's takes a time to much more carefull sticinkg layer to another layer.

thank you so much man 🙏❤️

my first thought watching this video GOD HE"S BEAUTIFUL. And my second thought. okay pretty man tell me how to build a backyard hobbit hole lol

Howdy, I'm interested in the Earthship,straw bale combo to build our own tiny house in that way. That part of the video was pretty brief. I assume that if they were building out completely, they would just continue with the rebar and straw baled until desired wall height was reached. Thanks

Love this but you really struggled to follow the ‘sewing ‘ motion that the instructor kept telling you about. You kept stabbing and pushing it in, even though he kept telling you to sew/twist ……it made me laugh, but well done for producing the video. Anyway, that little mistake reinforced in my mind, what I should be doing when creating a cob wall …so thanks

Windows and doors need a lintel on top to distribute the weight across the wall. It needs to be a strong, thick piece of wood. Also, too much straw weakens the cob. And there are other termites that love to eat the earth. Others prefer wood.

So, I can use Portland cement on the exterior walls and cob on the interior walls? Didn’t quite understand that tip around 27-28 min. Thanks!

How long does it take to dry before starting the next layer?

It seems.to me the insulative properties of the straw would also diminish the thermal mass properties of solid cob. Does that sound accurate?

I am in Moffat and am looking to build a Cob house on my land so was doing KZfaq research and came across this video. I remember meeting you guys at the energy fair. Do you guys offer advice etc?

I saw that this may have been uploaded sometime ago are you referring to this Aug in 2024

How many baills do you think you go through when you make That cob dirt mixture for the walls ?

Does Mohave Done Homes join your group??? ❤

We are 55 and 60 and retiring to the mountains of southern Mexico, a city called San Cristobal de las Casas. At 7200 feet in elevation it is kind of in the clouds so cool and slightly humid with a rainy season. Is this a bad place to build with cob ? And digging in the ground on our land, how do we know if we have enough clay ? Thx very much !!!

What do you reccomend for a wet and cold climate like norway? Is it possible?

Can you use bracken in place of straw x x x

I think this is not effective way and its time consuming. The house of my grandparents 100y ago was build of clay+straw which was formed into bricks and left on sun to dry. Then they were joined together with lime mortar . The house still exist.

dude. instead of focusing the video on the guy...show the material/mud that he's talking about... focus.

07:03 Sir, I appreciate you doing this kind of stuff, but work on your camera skills.. get the heck out of someones face, when their explaining something, maybe LOOK at what they are pointing at, from a bit of a distance, so the viewer knows what the heck is going on & can take in the LARGER picture? Detail shots are good, when on point. Like your into this, so it ALL makes more sense to you, but someone who's new, needs to see the project at hand. Neat stuff overall.

Iy's mainly about COB ! STRAW BALW BUILDING?????????

You don’t want to use tires now with all the studies coming out about children who played on tire scraps in playgrounds getting cancer now as adults at a higher rate.

Ok all is wonderful, but where are the women? I can't believe there is not one woman who built her house here? So I would like to see you search out the fair for woman that have joined in this community