Just wanted to say hi I am new to the group and am very glad I have found you. Me and A friend Are hopeing to build Cobe homes but dont want to go to far with...
I recommend checking with the county you are living in. Josephine county permitted it's first cob infill last year. Jim Haim 541-846-0393 www.cobtogether.com ...
Hi everyone, I recently started visiting cob/strawbale websites and find the structures beautiful! I would love to learn how to build either. Thanks for...
Hi Beth, I put together this group after attending Jim's workshop at the beginning of the summer. It was the most thought out well put together workshop I...
Hey guys, I thought some of you might like to check out our new web site. It is still under construction, but you can view a video (with sound) on it. All of...
Water From the Sky by Michael Reynolds Pretty much everything one would want to know about water systems grey water black water set up filtering etc. great...
Will a cob building provide adequate shelter in the Northwoods of Minnesota? We're thinking of moving there in a few years. I'm not sure yet if we can...
With the climate there, my suggestion would be balecob. For more info on this mortared straw bale technique, get in touch with cob cottage company in...
Hi all, I'm new to all of this. I'm thinking of trying ot attend a workshop next summer. I've seen several workshops that say they are kid friendly. I'm...
Intro & Photos Hi, everyone! I'm new to your group. My name is LeighAnn Malone and I live in Central Tennessee. Hope to build a Cob Network of friends,...
Could anyone tell me what to subsitute the straw for, in cob, if I were to build miniture Cob Model? Have any of you built a Cob House Model before? Leigh Ann...
Those are great pictures there is a picture of Becky bee in there and what looks like her gazeebo at her house have you attended one of her workshops? welcom...
You could use almost anything you wanted for model reasons you could use grass shredded paper or due to the fact that there is not much need for tencil...
Hi Brenna welcome I think it depends on how much you want to be involved in the learning and direct discussion of the cob building process I attended the Cob...
it depends on your parenting style and how well you have trained your children to be responsible for themselves. It varies hugely in how much time a...
Bex
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Aug 31, 2005 3:16 pm
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Thanks for the input! I apreciate it. I have another question. I live in Northern Alberta (near Grande Prairie) I'm wondering how much is known about the...
Does anyone know where I could find a resource of FLOOR PLANS for small natural building homes? I did Yahoo search, but the results were slim to none. Thanks!...
Hi. Rex here. Becky sent me a question from someone she knows to post to the group about the building codes: Hello I am Wanting to get more information on...
And I will reply first, I guess. I remember Becky said one woman got a permit for a cob building by calling cob "concrete." Apparently it meets the dictionary...
Another good way to get around building permits is to find out the largest non permitable size structure that can be leagally built. In lane county oregon I...
I would look into a cob strawbale hybrid and a good wood stove... as far as freezing goes you are going to want to find out where the frost line sits 34in...
Thanks, I'm not worried about keeping warm in the house, or foundation issues, I'm fairly confident about that (and strawbale hybrid is one of the things I'm...
Oh, and I've read Becky's and Ianto's books. Great resorces your right! That's where I've gotten most of my info so far, I've only recently started looking...
Hello I am starting to research cob construction. I live in Kansas City, Missouri and want to build in the next couple of years. I have been trying to find a...
Nathan
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Sep 12, 2005 11:26 pm
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billies is in murphy Becky Groundworks PO Box 381 Murphy, Oregon 97533 USA 1-541-471-3470 voice mail www.beckybee.net cobalot@......
Bex
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Sep 28, 2005 8:43 pm
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Hey Everybody how's it going I hope everyone has had a great summer! Mine was very nice, we almost have 30 members with the majority being outside of the group...
Welcome to all of the new people who have joined feel free to post any questions you have regarding cob and hopefully someone will have an answer my photos...
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