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The build involved mixing and laying 2000 tonnes of cob all during warm sunny weather so it could dry rock solid.

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Basically a green roof is a sort of rooftop garden. A cob house in a true sense this one built by michael buck a 59 year old farmer and retired teacher is unique because no power tools were used in its making michael created this one room mud house over a span of eight months with a budget of just us 250. Building the living roof. For a first time builder a yurt style roof like cyric30 suggested would probably be easiest.

Video tour of an incredible underground hobbit home that is completely off grid. This is just the beginning of the year and. Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded. Without having prior knowledge of making cob house he read some literature to embark on this project.

A green roof can lower the temperature in your house improve local air quality and help add green space in urban areas where concrete is king. It can also provide a nesting area for birds. You would place a bond beam at the top of the cob wall ideally concrete and rebar or alternatively airplane cable connecting all the members of the roof in one big circle they way the roof is designed is to act in compression while exerting force on the bond beam which will act in tension. I build cob as well as straw bale in texas just northwest of houston we are currently offering 2 workshops starting in march the first is a split 20 day workshop 10 day cob and 10 day straw bale crammed together and the second is a 10 day cobwood cordwood cob free standing bathroom in april.

This building is the work of artist designer and architect hundertwasser. The house was to be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild flower meadow roofs to mirror the surrounding countryside. It s the mcdonald s kinderhilfe stiftung a guest house for the parents of seriously ill children in the nearby hospital in essen germany hundertwasser said when one creates green roofs the houses themselves become part of the landscape. It is built with straw bale walls and limestone plaster log roof rafters an.

The cob house. To create a green roof you lay down a waterproof barrier material for drainage a layer of soil and plants source. Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs.

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