My son and I have eczema and hay fever. We hear great stories about cob being a breathing material. We currently live in a very humid brick house. Traditional cob gets rid of humidity very easily. Do these new mixes have the same wonderful properties when it comes to allergies and humidity regulation as traditional cob?
You can use a cement mixer for the dry-mixing process, but once you add the water the cement mixer won't mix it. A mortar mixer can mix the dry and wet mix, but be careful if using gravel like I have here. It can clog it. I still need to test this mix in a mortar mixer.
love that you are sharing this information for all of us.. my question is and it might be way off but after you build your cob house how long before you can move in it?
Right away. Unless your county requires an inspection before final move-in. But as far as cob goes, by the time your house is complete, there is no need to wait.
@@thiscobhouse great!! and one more thing, maybe lol.. who is it you talk too, to see about if you are needing a building code, or permit? I am in Gibson, Co. Tn. Were so ready to get some land and get this Cob building going!!
Hi sir,I am from India and I have a 30 sq metres room with a concrete terrace and during summer I cannot stay there due to heat so I was thinking to build a mud room on top of the terrace..so I wanted to know if it is possible to build a mus room on a concrete terrace.
That Austrian Martin rauch rammed earth guy I think is a genius. He uses up to football sized gravel in his unstablized rammed earth. He uses a 2.5 gravel 2.5 clay 2 parts course sharp sand aka unwashed concrete sand with small rocks in it. The gravel needs to be from small course sand size 3/8 to 3/4 , to 2 inches and fist size to football sized. I recommend mixing in a pit first and add lime and then add the monster sized rocks at the end. Go to a landscape concrete material yard to get all this crap with 5 gallon buckets or whatever you have
Hi, I'm hoping to build a chicken coop out of cob, a simple circular structure. I was planning on digging a trench and filling it with large stone's, then gravel to fill in the gaps, and cobbing on top of that do you think that could work?
@@thiscobhouse Perfect, I'm building it on an allotment so there are rules and regulations to follow and I think one of them is that is has to be moved around but I'll have to double check. If not then I'm excited to get started! Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it!
Thankd you for the time and effort you put into researching and teaching. This will help to further the credibility of natural building.
You are very welcome!
Which is stronger?
Cob or Rammed earth??
Great info
Great demo, thanks
This is great information... thank you for this Alex.
You're welcome guys!
What is posaline?
Great stuff as always:)
Thanks!
Love your willingness to share and help!! Thank you 😊 💓
You're very welcome!
Thanks. If youre not using a form would use still mix with gravel rather than sand?
What the ratio of gravel,soil,lime,straw?
Very nice, and reality video, But Which kind of lime you used in the mix is that CaO create heat when touch water, or just a normal lime rock CaCO3 ?
Type S (an american designation i think). Not just crushed lime.
What are the disadvantages of stabilization?
My son and I have eczema and hay fever. We hear great stories about cob being a breathing material. We currently live in a very humid brick house. Traditional cob gets rid of humidity very easily.
Do these new mixes have the same wonderful properties when it comes to allergies and humidity regulation as traditional cob?
Yes, the cob will still be vapor permeable and temperature/humidity regulating as long as the stabilization added is not much over 10%.
Hi, thst looks like fun to mix together. Love the colors. Can you use acement mixer to speed the process?
You can use a cement mixer for the dry-mixing process, but once you add the water the cement mixer won't mix it. A mortar mixer can mix the dry and wet mix, but be careful if using gravel like I have here. It can clog it. I still need to test this mix in a mortar mixer.
can you substitute pozz with wood ash?
Same question
love that you are sharing this information for all of us.. my question is and it might be way off but after you build your cob house how long before you can move in it?
Right away. Unless your county requires an inspection before final move-in. But as far as cob goes, by the time your house is complete, there is no need to wait.
@@thiscobhouse great!! and one more thing, maybe lol.. who is it you talk too, to see about if you are needing a building code, or permit? I am in Gibson, Co. Tn. Were so ready to get some land and get this Cob building going!!
Hi sir,I am from India and I have a 30 sq metres room with a concrete terrace and during summer I cannot stay there due to heat so I was thinking to build a mud room on top of the terrace..so I wanted to know if it is possible to build a mus room on a concrete terrace.
Please send me an email with photos of the concrete terrace.
Ok sir
Have you already decided which one you’re going to use at your new place?
Still not sure. I'm really just debating between the lime only addition, or the lime + pozz mix.
First! ☝🏻
Second ✌
Lol I liked first too! Idk if that’s the best one tho
That Austrian Martin rauch rammed earth guy I think is a genius. He uses up to football sized gravel in his unstablized rammed earth. He uses a 2.5 gravel 2.5 clay 2 parts course sharp sand aka unwashed concrete sand with small rocks in it. The gravel needs to be from small course sand size 3/8 to 3/4 , to 2 inches and fist size to football sized. I recommend mixing in a pit first and add lime and then add the monster sized rocks at the end. Go to a landscape concrete material yard to get all this crap with 5 gallon buckets or whatever you have
Hi, I'm hoping to build a chicken coop out of cob, a simple circular structure. I was planning on digging a trench and filling it with large stone's, then gravel to fill in the gaps, and cobbing on top of that do you think that could work?
Also, ideally I'd like to be able to move it so I'm thinking the stone foundation just isn't going to work?
If it's made of cob you won't be able to move it.
If it's permanent, you can do a rubble trench footer like you described above.
@@thiscobhouse Perfect, I'm building it on an allotment so there are rules and regulations to follow and I think one of them is that is has to be moved around but I'll have to double check.
If not then I'm excited to get started!
Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it!
Im building a chicken coop also! Did you finish? If so, how did it turn out?
Маладец мужык ,я чевота и научилась от тебя..
Too many commercials with low information
Wow. Okay.
Disagree.