Modern Off-Grid Cob House Built With Sand, Clay & Straw - Sustainable Green Building Tour
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2021
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The Stoltz Bluff Eco-Retreat is a monolithic cob house that’s completely off-grid. It has a 1-kilowatt solar power system and a backup generator for electricity, a propane radiant in-floor heating system and a Rumford fireplace for heat, and a constructed wetland for natural wastewater treatment. Most cob homes are built with a timber frame structure, and the cob - a mixture of sand, clay, and straw - is used to create the walls. This home is quite different because it’s a structural cob house, so the 2-foot thick walls are load-bearing, and they support the weight of the roof.
Since it was built in a seismic zone, the home had to be engineered and built to withstand earthquakes. It was built with curved walls to strengthen the structure, as well as with airplane cables that connect the wall plate to the foundation in order to resist lateral forces.
Tonya and Leon built started to build this home in 2010 with the goal of creating a retreat where people could experience and learn about natural building techniques. They worked unbelievably hard on the build itself, using their evenings, weekends, and holidays to construct it. They also worked closely with an engineer and with their municipality to ensure the structure would be legally permitted.
The modern interior living space is approximately 1,000 square feet in size with an open-concept kitchen, dining, and living room, as well as 2 bedrooms, a mechanical room, and a bathroom. The retreat has been shared with visitors for nearly 10 years and will soon become a full-time home for its new owners.
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Mat & Danielle
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Music & Song Credits:
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives.
Editing Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives
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Mat of Exploring Alternatives
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Photos of the build provided by Tonya and Leon
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I love this but we need more videos that delve into how you install electricity and how you deal with any repairs and problems when everything is buried behind the cob. Thanks.
It would be a massive pain in the ass. You put the wiring/plumbing in the walls as you build it up. The alternative route would be running conduit housing on the face of the walls, which looks industrial and probably why they didn't so that. I guess you just really need to plan ahead.
exactly - maintenance question looms large
I would imagine you consolidate plugs/outlets to one or two heights in your design. If it were me, I would lay 2 or 3 inch electrical conduit down around the entire home in all the walls with T joints spaced for whatever i would need. Then you could snake all power/data lines through relatively easy and you can always replace cable or run new stuff down the road.
True.
Check out This Cob House on youtube, his channel shows all the steps in building a cob house
Thanks so much everyone for the comments. I've really enjoyed reading through each one. Building this home has been a hard, amazing, crazy adventure for Tonya and I.
How much would a cob house like this cost? It’s amazing :)
you did an amazing job. well done
I love the whole house, but that floor! It is absolutely stunning! How durable and easy/hard to maintain is it?
How much did it cost to build the house?
And blessings to the birth of the new one coming.
What is the most interesting to me is that bio septic system! That is worth a whole video on it’s own.
100% agree!!!
There is a plethora of literature on it. If you access to a university library that's best
Mosquitoes
@@BigBirdy100 small fish, humming birds & frogs take care of skeeters.
I'm not usually a fan of the raw, unfinished look of cob homes, but THIS is absolutely GORGEOUS. Not just the decor, but the actual design of the home interior itself is beautiful.
we just finished building a cob and stone house on our animal sanctuary in Tenerife. It was a 47-day project (with some breaks) and took 2-5 volunteers working on it. Completely sustainable, very good insulated.
This is one of the best cob house design I've seen on RUclips, it surely showcased the potential of cob as a future design material. Thanks so much!
That rammed earth fireplace is a work of art.
I love seeing people take alternative building and make it into something to show people it can be used for a more standard style of architecture instead of just tiny homes or something more niche
I agree with you. I love seeing the tiny homes videos. This is also so relevant to our future though as well. Personally I'd like living in this structure more than a tiny home, but at this point I'd probably take about anything... lol. Reaching retirement age very quickly. But I love this channel, and this was such a great video.
For me tiny homes are fine until there are kids. I have a small child and i couldnt see it happening even with best organisation of space. This looks like a couzy solution for family od 3, even 4
@@kevinwells4986 I just love it when people say 800ft square is a 'tiny' home - having lived in houses of that size most of my life in the UK and Europe - one assume you are from the USA?
@ Soar UK - I know your point S.UK, but I don't know where I told you I was in an 800 sq ft 'cabin'. In any case I'm in an 8' by 25' trailer now since the home was reflagged after the big fire here, and I've never lived in a trailer before. Since I 'started out' in Laguna Beach, in a 4 story home, you can see the progression is not working so well for me. But, I do love the efficiency of these tiny homes. BTW, I've been to Japan so many times (as my employer was there), and have many Japanese friends - it may be tight where you are, but you ought to see some of their apartments. I just hope we can all stay dry. Take care, happy covid-time.
Exactly
Congratulations to the couple who built this beautiful and efficient little home and CONGRATULATIONS on the upcoming birth of their baby!
This is truly one of the most beautiful homes I've seen, that wall coming into the living space is amazing
Gorgeous house. The fireplace is divine, too.
All natural yet very clean modern looking. Well done.
This is the MOST beautiful cob home I’ve seen! I would hire this woman to design mine if I could.
WOW!!!! That’s an incredible cob house! I can’t believe they built that with sand and clay. Congrats Tonya and Leon 👍👍👍
This is very easy to built
Beautiful home- I think I would need more solar though.
The 1 kw rating is probably the panel rating. Battery storage can be any size you want for heavier loads. The caveat being that the larger the battery storage, the longer it takes to charge when depleted.
They look like they’ve reduced their power needs to the point where they mostly are using solar power for lighting and the refrigerator. They did mention both a propane stove and passive solar design. I would wager that the water heater is probably also propane.
This is one of my favorite cobs homes. It is so beautiful.
Oh my goodness! What an impressively smart design. This home is absolutely gorgeous and has such a peaceful flow. You can tell how well thought out the design is. Love this home 😍
Beautiful home ! Twin boys and she looks like she carrying twins again wow ! God Bless you and you beautiful family
I love this beautiful cob house! The design is elegant and peaceful, and I really like a design plan with no wasted space, on the small side, yet not tiny. Love the curved walls, bedroom designs, and kitchen too.
The inside is unexpectedly luxurious.
Wow!!!!!I never knew an off grid house could be so beautiful!!!
This is my dream home! How did you know! Great job guys!
The house was so gorgeous that i didn't expect cob house to be like this.
Seriously looks like marble touch some part
I want one too
Beautiful home. I live in New Mexico (think Earthships) so cob, or Adobe, is a very common way of building out here. I love the fireplace wall, very creative.
So impressive! I am almost out of words! Brlliant construction using the cob I would like a lot to see a full video on construction. Let’s be realistic you have to be a good engineer and hard worker. The wall make an intense connection between human an nature and the whole set up of the place is really beautiful and inviting. Congratulations for such a respectful construction. Thanks to Exploring Alternatives for opening our mind to new concept of living.
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment Jocelyne :)
@@ExploringAlternatives do they have their own channel? Love to see more of their construction journey and how they deal with issues/repairs that come up
@@ExploringAlternatives clay based plsster water proofs the house?
How long did this build take start to finish?
How much did it cost to build?
I love this house, and especially the rammed earth fireplace; so beautiful!
Truly stunning house. Loved the surrounding areas.
Wow, that is an awesome home. I love that design, very creative. The constructive wetlands is really thinking outside the box! 🏠 🏡
This house is beautiful! My dream. I love the kitchen and how modern it is and open. The fireplace is gorgeous. Bathroom sink blending into a bench is amazing.
What a beautiful house! Love the curved walls and the living room.
Amazing home! I’d love to live in this home. I love how it’s all off grid and eco friendly! Brilliant 👍
Thanks Danielle for sharing this couple story. We love their design.
👍👍❤
Thanks Cathy :) :)
Creative off-grid home. The only thing I didn't care for were the curtains instead of traditional wooden closet doors and the metal counters in the kitchen . The wall behind the fireplace was really beautiful as was the stone steps leading to the front door.
You could forget that cob is involved and win an Architectural home building award!!
...MUST push pause halfway to say I love the attention to detail/design so far...truly talented couple with a vision for a blissful space...
Such a beautiful building that will last hundreds of years, you have created! How wonderful.
Need a tower , so can see the mountain in the background, love cob houses, build with earth, sand , straw and water , how natural is that, healthy building materials for certain , this is a beautiful home and beautiful location !
Beautiful design, especially including the off-grid components. That rammed earth wall is stunning. A masonry stove would have been perfect for this house! Nicely done.
Would love to learn more about the bio septic system. That is tremendously appealing.
It's great to see such a small footprint for living.
I stayed in this place as an airbnb rental. Great build and location on Vancouver Island, BC. The stars are night were amazing!
I live in an old trailer (mobile home). Gonna retro/cyberpunk it up as practice for when I do my own natural home. Trailers often have that wood panel thing with those tiny black stripes. I thought about leaving a portion of the trailer untouched and make a truth window out of it 😆
Nice home, living cheap now so I can do my cobb home similar to this one!
I appreciate this design which is more acceptable in most urban/suburban areas. You just can't build a happy little hobbit house if all the other houses in the neighborhood are more conventional. You won't get permitted. Save the sculptural elements for inside the house, and let it look a bit more modern on the outside. I do love those sculpted houses, but I'm much more interested in urbanizing the cob house movement rather than continuing to eat up all the land for my own personal dream estate. I'd very much like more videos on alternative urban building.
I'm ready to move in, what a stunning house in a gorgeous location
Really, then may i know which type of location you like most ?
Lovely home! I would love to live in a house like this.
What an amazing structure for showcasing Green Building ideas and applications! This building is also a labor of love, so it has an appeal on various fronts, and it is successful in all those aspects!! What a gorgeous building! Thank you for building it Leon and Tonya, and thanks for sharing it Mat and Danielle! Totally awesome, and totally cool! Totally.....
Everything about this house is amazingly beautiful!
I live in a very wet area of Canada in the Eagle River Valley. It will be amazing to build this!
Beautiful. This is the best looking off the grid house.
Beautiful natural nontoxic low carbon a true sustainable home.
There many natural homes like this in the world that are over a thousand years old.
What an amazing job seeing all those details. Crazy amount of work it looks like. Can you please explain how the constructed wetland works in the winter?
Every year the weather gets worse .....I live in Norfolk VA. We had a earthquake in 2011 a small one but it difinantly got my attention ! This is what the future of housing looks like.
Dunno how to tell you this, but earthquakes are not related to climate change. The earthquake in VA was just a rare but not impossible event. I lived in VA when it happened. Ironically I live in CA now and have been through numerous earthquakes. They're not worse/more abundant because of climate change, they exist because this entire state is on fault lines.
@@32fps Matthew 24: 6&7
@@32fps at the time maybe it was rare. We are going to have another one. To have any...means we are on a fault line....we will have another one.
Super cool.... love it... wooo. Wish more places were like this.
what a beautiful home you both built!
This gorgeous and beautifully designed from the outside to the inside. It's the perfect size for a family of 3 for example.
Absolutely Beautiful. You guys definitely did an amazingly awesome job. Great video. Pammie from Chicago Illinois
Very well planned! Impressive.
This house is amazing!
I hope viewers are understanding this is the owners RETREAT home, not their everyday life out of home. They rent out this home and use it as a teaching tool.
There is a difference.
Yep, and what a brilliant way to have a revenue stream. The house basically paid for itself after a few years, so it's almost pure profit to rent it out for weekends/etc. (not including supplies they stock in it)
@@beejereeno2 Yes, exactly! Smart couple.
Lovely structure!
Just beautiful and I believe healthy.
You guys are inspiring.
Wonderful! Thank you!
Awesome place. Love that.
You should be proud! Fantastic job! Love the VPN lesson as well.
Thanks
Amazing, thanks.
Awesome home. V Clean n spacious beautiful decor. God bless u all with good health happiness n loooooooooong life.
Awesome and inspiring! I'm interested in learning more about your experience. I'm open to receiving updates.
Thank you!
Beautiful!!
U guys are blessed enjoy
Absolutely stunning home! I want to do this so bad.
Lovely home!
a good few people doing this now. Nice way to go
This is absolutely my dream house
Beautiful home, great job on the home.
Super impressive place. Kudos for building better for our planet.
This home really succeeds! Very admirable! 👍😉🇨🇦🌞🔥
I’m curious as to why the roof is flat, if it had been angled couldn’t you’ve gotten more solar panels? It seems like you would have trouble dispersing water also?
The roof is designed to collect rain water, it’s mentioned early in the video
Wow this should be the standard
I'm glad I discovered this channel.
Beautiful.
Gorgeous
Wow! Just wow! 😍
Beautiful and strong. Very nice job guys❤️😌🙏😎
How do you run/install the electric through cob houses
Finally a cob house with pictures on the walls!! Wondering if you used command hooks or there is another way to hang photos you recommend?
Beautiful home!
Beautifully built! Love it. Could you please share the clay sand straw water mixture ratio !! 🙏
This is very beautiful and very creative house
Best cob house I've seen 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Incredible
What a gorgeous house.l Beautifully designed! With only 2 bedrooms, it's going to get crowded when the third baby arrives...🤗😍😳
Sounds like this is a rental.
@@EvelynMaya1 After all that work?? I would never rent it out if it was my house...way too much hard labor went into it.
@@maryhart637 they are architects right. I think this is common for them
That is very cool!
Love this!
Fantastic!!
Gorgeous video as always!
Thanks so much Jen!
Beautiful work 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I've really waited for this upload. I was looking forward to new content from you.
Thanks Joel, happy you enjoyed the tour :)
Love the house!
Love the design of this beautiful house. I'd really appreciate a floor plan of the design?
...you should absolutely be proud of your build ...