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  2. What Is a Cob House? - The Spruce

  3. 11 Cob House Examples That You Will Love (And Want to Build)

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    The oldest existing cob homes are over 500 years old! The walls are built up with lumps of damp cob mixture, then compressed, and finally sculpted into smooth, curved forms. Importantly, the cob dries to a cement-like finish, making it suitable for use as load-bearing walls, window framing, and even the roof.
    A cob house is an earthen structure constructed out of a mixture of clay, sand, and straw. Unlike an adobe house, the cob house usually involves a much larger proportion of straw holding the structure together. Instead of stacking bricks on top of each other, the cob house is built by lumping the mixture together and patting it in place by hand.
    A cob house is made of soil, sand, and straw combined to create clay-like lumps. This simple combination of earthen materials is incredibly durable. Seriously. The oldest existing cob homes are over 500 years old! The walls are built up with lumps of damp cob mixture, then compressed, and finally sculpted into smooth, curved forms.
    Use french drains and swales to handle this water. The walls in a cob house are super thick, which is what gives it’s strength. Your walls will be thicker at the base and get thinner as they rise. At the top, your walls might be around 18 inches, but your cob wall at the base will be 24 inches.
  5. Living Sustainably In Cob Houses: A Complete Guide - TRVST

  6. What Is a Cob House? Sustainable Building Method Explained