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A Cob cottage in the CA Sierra
Nevada Foothills
Visit this Papercrete information page for basic instruction
and this
page on Fibercrete-Cobwood & Alternative recipes
The October 1998 issue of Mother Earth News.. and the
March/April 2000 issue of Natural Home featured cover stories
about cob houses. Cob is a very low cost, but labor intensive
method, to create a natural home. Even though it is a lot of work, anyone
can do it, and the actual process is peaceful, almost meditative.
These photos are of a cob house built by Misha and Elishiva
Rauchwerger. They have had CONSIDERABLE problems because they did not get code or permit approval, and receently wrote a long article detailing all the facts and lessone learned in the COB WEB Newsletter. Spring 2004 edition. Call direct to CCC: 541-942-2005 to order a copy of this valuable edition. Learn from their mistakes before you build.
Misha is a teacher and with Elishiva, his bride, built this
house to be a non-toxic, and natural home due to her chemical
sensitivity.
This home is now completed and is 2.5 hours east of San Francisco, at
2600 ft. in the foothills. A year round creek flows to a pond on the
site, viewable from any part of the cob house. The property is 4.5 acres
in Sonora county, 5 miles to town. This is an early permaculture site,
with organic garden, fruit trees, irrigation system, PV solar electric
system, private well water line connection, phone line, composting
toilet, and gray water system.
The south facing cob cottage is a two
storey, open floor plan with passive solar design.
Round timbers were
used throughout with a curved 25' ridge pole, a metal roof is in place.
The floor is poured adobe on level 1, and oak plank on level 2. A wood
stove is sited for additional heat.
This is a
beautiful, private area, with quiet natural beauty. This California
gold country area is hot in the summer, and cold in the winter.
The NEW Hand Sculpted House book is available- go to the Webstore link.
Rent a Cob Building Video: If you want to learn about this
method and see actual examples, but don't want to pay $22 you can rent
for 2 weeks, for $10., secured by credit card.
The Cob Cottage Company is featured with Cobbers Companion
author Michael Smith and Ianto Evans and Linda Evans explaining and
showing construction. Watch the video as often as you like for two weeks,
and return in the original padded mailer.
Order:#1007...Cob Philosophy and Methods-Building with the Earth
(28 minutes)
This is an earthen oven called a
horno, made of cob, and used for baking bread and meals. Ovens sculpted
in the shapes of animals and fanciful figures by Kiko Denzer can be seen
in his NEW version book "Build Your Own Earthen Oven" $15.00... (100+
pages) with color photos of cob ovens.
Want to know more? Subscribe to the Cobweb..a newsletter from
the Cob Cottage Company. Call direct: 541-942-2005
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