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The Year of Mud: Cob house picture slideshow

By November 10, 20094 Comments

Here’s a selection of cob building photos from the start to finish of building my house, assembled into a slideshow. Enjoy!

4 Comments

  • Andy in Germany says:
    November 10, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    Thanks for the slide show. That really helped me to understand the stages and also the construction methods. Not sure if I’ve got the amount of work involved though.
    That’s a beautiful house too: it’s all very inspirational and makes me want to stop waiting and sign up for the permaculture course riaght away.
    Is there a way of embedding the slideshow into my WordPress blog? It’s mainly about alternative transport but I want to start looking at other areas where we want to live a different way.

  • marke says:
    November 10, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Excellent resource, Ziggy! Thanks for making that available. I had been especially curious about what the foundation looked like before you built up an urbanite or cob. Now I know!

  • ziggy says:
    November 10, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    Marke: Good to hear from ya! Yea!

    Andy: Absolutely! You can grab the HTML code here, in the upper right corner (‘Share’): http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallape/sets/72157604714762643/show/

    As always, all of the photos from the building process can be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallape/sets/72157604714762643/

  • Challis says:
    December 30, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Thank you for posting this slideshow. I too like the more complete sequence than what you usually see. It is a beautiful home and very inspiring!
    Did it really take you a whole year and how much time did you have to spend on making it?
    cheers!