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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 946459" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Something my wife, son and I are looking at is construction with Cob, a technology that's been around 1000's of years and across many cultures. As I'm nearing retirement, we are looking to downscale (size and cost wise) and my son is thinking of his own future so this technology does present an option. I do have the skills to build houses as well as electrical, plumbing, etc. and we are giving serious thought to attending a Cob construction school to learn the techniques. I've been amazed at what can be done with this material, it's thermal mass qualities in both heating and cooling and it's practically free in most all areas as a building material. </p><p></p><p>This video below doesn't explain the how part but it does give a visual idea of what is possible and on a very low cost basis. I've talked with someone up in central/southern Tenn. and they've built Cob homes for under $10k so it does raise questions of what is possible if zoning and other market barriers were removed. My son and I are talking about building a Cob oven on the back patio just as an opportunity to work with the material and see what we think. </p><p></p><p>[media=youtube]GbM2In5Hfx4[/media]</p><p></p><p>I first came across the Cob concept after seeing <a href="http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/first-earth-uncompromising-ecological-architecture/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">this documentary</span></a> but be forewarned the prologue is made up of several radical treehuggers like Derrick Jensen but once you get beyond that, the history and how this material works is really pretty cool IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 946459, member: 2189"] Something my wife, son and I are looking at is construction with Cob, a technology that's been around 1000's of years and across many cultures. As I'm nearing retirement, we are looking to downscale (size and cost wise) and my son is thinking of his own future so this technology does present an option. I do have the skills to build houses as well as electrical, plumbing, etc. and we are giving serious thought to attending a Cob construction school to learn the techniques. I've been amazed at what can be done with this material, it's thermal mass qualities in both heating and cooling and it's practically free in most all areas as a building material. This video below doesn't explain the how part but it does give a visual idea of what is possible and on a very low cost basis. I've talked with someone up in central/southern Tenn. and they've built Cob homes for under $10k so it does raise questions of what is possible if zoning and other market barriers were removed. My son and I are talking about building a Cob oven on the back patio just as an opportunity to work with the material and see what we think. [media=youtube]GbM2In5Hfx4[/media] I first came across the Cob concept after seeing [URL='http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/first-earth-uncompromising-ecological-architecture/'][COLOR=#ff0000]this documentary[/COLOR][/URL] but be forewarned the prologue is made up of several radical treehuggers like Derrick Jensen but once you get beyond that, the history and how this material works is really pretty cool IMO. [/QUOTE]
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