How To Make A Cob House Roof

They way the roof is designed is to act in compression while exerting force on the bond beam which will act in tension.

How to make a cob house roof.

Learn all the skills. I love the feeling of the cob squishing between your toes so much fun. Cob structures can be used as homes chicken coops barns and even smaller ones for ovens. Learn about the pros and cons of each material in this excerpt taken from roofs.

The 4 thick cob wall. You would place a bond beam at the top of the cob wall ideally concrete and rebar or alternatively airplane cable connecting all the members of the roof in one big circle. Cob building is easy to learn requires no special equipment and uses sustainable materials. Register for our 2018 cob workshops here.

I ve been anticipating this day for over a year now and it s finally done. His perseverance and meticulous calculations made it possible for devan mash to design a 4 thick cob wall. On monday a group of about twelve folks assembled to help me lift sod onto the top of my roof and in two and a half hours it was effectively covered. Building a living sod roof for a cob house.

To mix these together the favorite method is with your bare feet. Posted 5 years ago. At long last i have a living roof. From sod to straw wool to wood there are a variety of roof insulation options for cob houses.

For a much fuller discussion of foundations and drainage issues as they relate to cob see my book with ianto evans and linda smiley the hand sculpted house q. About a third of the world s population lives. The cob wall has small openings in the top and the bottom of the wall to facilitate good ventilation for keeping the house cool. I am planning to build a cob cottage using a post and beam construction to hold up the roof as i am in a seismic area.

The important part of cob is getting the mix right you want roughly between 2 parts clay 1 part sand sprinkling of straw and a little water.