I love how genuine this video is. This guy is really putting himself out there to be ripped to shreds by the Cobb Snobbery that lurks around the comment section of natural building videos. To me, it is most helpful listening to his actual thought process as he walked throughout. No one else has used this approach that I've come across. It makes it all a bit more realistic for me. Thanks for being real and kudos for getting out there and actually doing the damn thing!

Nice to see a natural builder who is confronting the insulation limitations of cobb and earth structures in a creative way. Thanks for the video.

What I love most about this video, is the reality of organic lovestyles, as he stated, he moved in before it was completed! Now some people may snub at the rawness of this Amazing home and be like 5 years? However if you look at all the little details that went into building and making it comfortable, then you need to take into consideration how time consuming this type of building is... Honestly I think with help, and I'm stressing "help" because I don't know the details reguarding the eco village and where it stands in reguards to working together as a ComeUnity, and what other projects they have that may ne deemed more important... I also loved all his explanations as to his future plans and how in detail he goes with each project. Because fundamentally this is important part of planning, and smart! Thank so much for sharing! This is Real Off Grid Living.. not sugar coated, I love it! ♥♥♥

I'm kind of in love with this guy. Genuine passion. Quality, original content

I am grateful for your honest opinions.

Kyle, obviously, the current unfinished condition is comfortable enough for you. You are young and have time to work on this home as focus allows. So cozy and almost embracing in design. Well done! PS: you look so much like one of our sons, very likable mannerisms. Cheers, Constance from Prescot, AZ, USA.

Love the house, Kyle. I live in a cave house in Andalusia and my place has 3-foot thick walls throughout and about a 10-foot thick ceiling. Stays the same temperature, more or less, all year. These old Spanish houses are marvelous and really cheap - every one is different but yours has a wonderful atmosphere all of its own, too.

He really knows his stuff! I'm so impressed!

I heard about cob houses for the first time today!! Amazing to see more houses in this style! thanks for sharing 🌱

The house has come a long way. I love this house! We like our homes are a work in progress....

The house is the reflection of ones inner self

It looks ad hoc but you've obviosly thought it thru thoroughly. Pleased that you are sharing your thinking/planning. Like especially the Frank Lloyd Wrightian technique of the lower compressed space transitioning into a slighty larger space. I think a linear plan that reveals itself gradually is much more "livable". Tx, Rich

love this so much! so much inspiring for others to plan their earthship or eco house, thank you

He is amazingly talented, way smart dude!

Kyle has answered questions i had, awesum ! thanks so much. very thoughtful and we need experiments in different climates

Looks finished enough to me.

I see earth bags - that is actually really awesome for a natural home. Very strong. Great idea about the foam. Yep, I like the idea of the spaces being somewhat to themselves. Building these types of homes does take forethought. I like his reasoning. Smart guy. These types of homes are like pieces of art. He really has thought out what can be done with a wood stove. If I wasn't in my 70's and had some property - I would definitely do one. I like the earth bag type homes myself and you don't have to insulate the North walls.

Love the innovative flexible ways of these cob houses are designed & built

Thanks for updating us on this house, hopefully you can do it again when he's done more, it seems a little disjointed with the outside so artistic and the inside an electricians nightmare.

So many shitty, judgmental comments. If you don't like it, stop the video and watch something different. No need to criticize someone you don't even know. Or why not offer encouragement and ideas? I think it's great that this is a work and experiment in progress. It allows him to live there and see what it's going to need, and maybe original plans need to be modified or changed along the way. Better than getting it all done then having regrets. Plus, we don't know his situation, so a good thing to do is just refrain from judging and keep quiet. I grew up in west central IL, right around where IA, IL, and MO meet, and I've moved a couple hours north. The weather is all over the place, with extreme temps in the summer and winter, and there's a lot to think about and consider. I've been researching cob and other natural material homes, so I'm interested to see how it could be done in the Midwest, with such crappy weather most of the year. Hope there's an update on this in the future!

I wish all people (I mean 'all people' in the civilized world) could understand the amount of WORK it takes to live this lifestyle. But this is amazing - I hope it resonates with folks who are willing to incorporate it into their lives! 😊

Can't wait to finally see this place.

Brilliant house! Love the freeform windows and his idea for the masonry stove/Russian heater is exactly what I want to do! So true about plans to finish projects that get put off loner than planned 🙄

"playing scrabble or something..." is that what the kids are calling it these days? Lolol

Such a beautiful place to live.

When building earth bermed or covered buildings it's very understable one comes to the conclusion that for insulation there is a need for industrial products. Instead of using petroleum based foams that will inevitably deteriorate, consider foamglass, available as blocks or granulate. The latter could double as a french drain. Since it's mineral based it should last indefinetely (if such a thing exists). Really, people. We can't close our eyes for the detrimental effects of plastics anymore. In Europe foamglass is being produced with green energy and around 65% recycled glass. So yes, there's still embodied energy in the production, but in my opinion the best approach to sustainable construction is to build to last for centuries, anyway. It's not like that has never been done before...

What a beautiful build. Congratulations on an incredible accomplishment. Hoping our tiny cob home turns out this beautiful.

wow also can use earth bag to build the house, that so genius. very good tnx

Love this house. So cozy and homey.

Sweet guy, good setup. Eastern morning sun I find essential for a bedroom.

This house is much less “Crazy” because I would bet there is no way it has a 30 yr. mortgage which can make one crazy.. Thanks from a guy who moved in too early... but never had a monthly payment . We learn and progress...

Definitely lots of work left...please post a video when it’s done.

Very cozy and ingenious.

Those bags for a wall looks like they can leak moisture between the bags since the bags arent "glued" together with a layer of morter especially since the burm is behind the wall and if there is a lot of rain the soil will get saturated.

Some plan better than others.

Love your home. Now I want one....

I like all the different methods that you have used here. Gives the house an interesting aesthetic.

Excellent

He seems pretty smart. Enjoyed the video.

Root cellar is probably more of a fruit cellar but it was a brilliant idea.

Great work thank yoU

I live in the Midwest!! I’m a door knocker and I was hiking through the woods along this mountain in Washington to get this house scheduled. 😂 I get to the house and it was the most beautiful home I had ever seen first time in my life ever seeing a Cobb house!! Instantly became my dream home upon doing more research on the benefits of the home. I would love to go on a visit to this place and meet these wonderful people. And really get some tips on there structures. You get every season really hard in the Midwest on top of tornadoes!! I have seen one underground home, and stuco siding but never a beautiful Cobb house. Do you all think it be weird if I showed up and asked them for some tips??! 😂😂 I really want this home to last for generations in my family as well ❤

My dream home would be an earthship style home with all the sustainable systems with a huge greenhouse. I love the natural building ideas and I love the idea that uses and reuses garbage that we throw away and make it gorgeous. I love the looks of the bottle walls. I'm not sure a true earthship home is really possible here because of our heavy humidity and rain but I would love to find out if I could make it work.

Privacy gradients, I get it. Am a big fan of "a Pattern Language" , which does address these kinds of issues. Did an ecohouse tour and was able to recognize it when it was used. House owners were delighted and a lively conversation ensued. It's an wonderful ambient way of designing your living space.

Amazing.

Really nice place😃❤️

Don't know what's heritage Kyle is. I'm of Irish decent. I was told a long time ago that there's three kinds of Irish: Curtain Lace, Shanty, and Pig in a Parlor. The Curtain Lace people have everything orderly and refined. The Pig in the Parlor people have old TV dinners lost under their couches, a real jumbled mess. Then the Shanty people, in between, have homes that are slightly a wreck but livable. To me the shanty is the most fun! Love this guy for his shanty-ness and that hard-to-duplicate Midwestern humor!

Amazing wow

I like it.

You need a mini excavator and some basic cob ingredients like suitable soil or an additive like clay or sand depending on the compilation of the soil present and of course add straw and water. But with a mini excavator you can simply dig a mixing pit and add your ingredients mixing it in with the bucket, making full wheelbarrow loads in a fast effective way. You can also make a big shallow mixing spot put your ingredients in place and mix it by driving through it forward and backwards mixing it in with the wheel pressure.

well done you did a really great job on this

A solar batch heater should be preheating water if you want to save on wood. Just set it lower than the inside tank and coil for natural induction. (or have a pump)

I want a house like that

Paxton Lynch is now a eco friendly fella.

Do a rocket stove.

My friend and i built a 1200 SQ ft house from the ground up in 3 months. It was a stick frame house and we did every bit of it except insulation and tape and texture.. It looks like he kind of gave up on it.

I need to build a cob house for my health. 3 Heart attacks now since 2007. I've had enough with all the stressors. I need to get a piece of land and just go... I will need help building the house. Can anyone recommend me as to what I need to do in order to get some help with the build as soon as I get land?

They need some sheep on that grass.

is it possible come see your house in person kyle get more ideal to construct similar or do you have plans available ; i really like your ideas on this place

I'm a mom, my kids are his age and older... I want to feed him. These earth homes aren't build and go, they're build as you go... it's never complete. Looks like an immersive lifestyle surrounding one's dwelling function. I feel like the young man is too busy to eat well... sorry I'm like a broody hen... always nurture. The home is beautiful and earthy inside.

That radiant heating in the floor is the shit! Great explanation of it. I've been thinking that's what I'd like when I build mine. Does he use the heated water for bathing, as well? Or does it come thru the heating system "gray," as it were?

Your condensation gets taken care of by indoor plants That's why people grow food in their Earthships

What types of joints did he use for his framing members?

“I chose to use the foam” - Why not rock wool, cost? You said you had a 1-1/2’ thick wall, so adding straw bale would make it 3’. I’ve put straw bales on their side (14”), with an 8” cobb structural/thermal mass wall on the inside, and 2” of cobb/plaster on the outside, giving a total of 2’, which seemed like a good compromise to me. Your project looks good and like a lot of fun! I’m not sure about the title saying the craziest cobb house I’ve seen, but it isn’t quite clickbait, either.

I keep thinking arched steel arbors would make the best forms to use as doorways, windows, interior built in's, etc.

I wonder how it is now, in 2021

His electrical and some of those supports really worry me. This feels a little more like a kid building an igloo. Also the half-finished aesthetic and then showing it to people... yikes. On the flip side I'd for sure stop by and help him finish it while playing some settlers. Lastly that foam on the floor is a mistake. Its easier to add some wood to a rocket stove in the winter than it is to cool a home in the summer. A stone or cobblestone floor would have been better. Also, root cellar filled with Amazon boxes... lol.

In a dry dessert where there is no water how would you collect it from the air?

I'm gonna try to build a cob house out of wood

How. Long has this kid been at this!?

What happens when it rains, OMG !

I mean I get it why young dude is over exaggerated in everything he's saying, it isn't as bad, or complex as this picture is painted... he and a friend filled bags, I filled and stacked and tamped 1000 bags in 60 days or so by myself... yes this lifestyle God has given requires elbow grease, and that walk makes you educated in what to do and not do... but the message I think should be 100% try it once in your life, let go and let God, do you actually think throughout history everyone lived in modern houses? working 50 years to pay for a home that can be destroyed by a lighter or work ten years learning yourself and mother earth and have a home that even mother nature can't knock down... 🤷 just saying, this is idea is way more outstanding than explained, the freedom in itself is worth it, not setting a alarm clock to go punch a clock because you have no bills and you sell tomatoes or whatever year-round in your indoor garden... choice is your's...

it's Been 5 years he is "comfortable" and has no incentive to finish it there is No vitality left in him to continue to improve his domestic situation. he as Reached his "level"

Crazy is one way to put it.

He said he doesn't live there during the summer? Is there a reason why? Like is it not comfortable in there?

Mice?

💚I like this experiment “ house 🇵🇰

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Where is this? Please

5 a day

What about the wall? It loooks like its falling off in the corners😵🤔

from the Amazon..hahahaha

This is a call to action cob lovers! A chance to make history! But time is short! This coming Monday, November 18th, the International Code Council will be voting on this year's proposals for adjustments to the international building codes. In the midst of these proposals is a stack of paper over 1000 pages called the RB299. This is a proposal to make a separate building code for Cob houses and other cob structures. The RB299 was the challenging and studious efforts of a nonprofit group in California you may want to know about, called the Cob Research Institute(CRI, look them up!). Among their ranks are Senior Building Officials, Architects, engineers, and scientists who have been studying cob and gathering lots of evidence for this proposal. What we need from you, cob lovers, if you live in the US or have cob loving friends who do, write a gentle, respectful email, or schedule a phone call, to talk with your local Building Officials about your love of cob, and let them know they will have a chance to vote on cob this Monday. We really have only two days to do this. Please be respectful and courteous, we're looking to make honest supporters of these building officials we've contacted. This is last minute, but any effort on this front may make a bigger difference than can be imagined. A copy of the support letter from the Senior Building Official involved with the CRI, as well as a copy of the RB299 can be found below. If you are passionate about cob, this is a real chance to help in it's modern history. If you go through the trouble of finding your local Building Officials and contacting them, please come back and tell us here! It may inspire others here to do the same! Support letter from the Senior Building Official who was one of the authors: drive.google.com/file/d/0B29ipLWGLJCCTGpUN3lGVGUtUW9EdnBwTERWYThGb2JFT0hV/view RB299: cobcode.s3.amazonaws.com/RB299-19_IRC_ProposedAppendixU_CobConstruction_PublicComment.pdf

The not so Eco part cob house.

Why don't hippies use AirCrete?

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Seems like way more work than this guy wants in a house.

Is the walls disintegrating at 0:37?

Where is dancing rabbit

for that type of house it is a shame to put square plastic windows

I am pretty sure you are out of you mind. But in a good way.

Will that pass all safety codes? Looks shady

... Impossible in Germany.

Sadly my sound or yours sucks 😢

well i don't know if this dudes going to finish what he started, but it would be a lot cooler if he did.

Beautiful ...love it... cutting out the throat-cutting money-grubbing property developers & agents... ALL OF MANKIND SHLD BE DOING THIS...LISTEN TO BIRDLIFE!!!

He’s really progressing @ turtle’s pace. We’re all interested to see the kitchen and, walls and heating system done before five more years go by.

The inside of the home needs some real remodeling planning is like he's not sure what to do or how to do it but the outside the thumbnail of the video is what made me click on it, kind of like a hobbit home blending with nature so cool

The first "amaaaaziiiiinnnnng!!!" and im gone..or uptalk....aaaaynnnd...soooooo.....ok im ooout.

Less cosy hobbit house and more homeless man's shack in the woods. I can't imagine someone with any aesthetic awareness being happy there, but if he's comfy, happy, and prepared to be single all the while he lives there - then good luck to him.