The Cob Builders Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cob Builders Handbook write by Becky Bee. This book was released on 1997. The Cob Builders Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand, and straw. Becky Bee's manual is a friendly guide to making your own earth structure, with chapters on design, foundations, floors, windows and doors, finishes, and of course, making glorious cob. "I believe that building with cob is a way to recreate community and experience the joy of working together while taking back the right to build our own homes and look after our Mother Earth." She loves doing something that makes sense in a world where lots of things don't.
Building with Cob
Building with Cob - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building with Cob write by Adam Weismann. This book was released on 2006. Building with Cob available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The ancient method of cob building uses a simple mixture of clay sub-soil, aggregate, straw and water to create solid structural walls built without shuttering or forms, onto a stone plinth. It is now undergoing a renaissance as an 'eco-friendly' building material because of its amazing 'green' credentials. 'Building with Cob' shows how to apply this ancient technique in a wide variety of contemporary situations, covering everything from design and siting, mixing, building walls, fireplaces, ovens and floors, lime and other natural finishes, and gaining planning permission and building regulation approval. It also explains in detail how to sensitively restore an old cob structure. This book is a step-by-step guide, lavishly illustrated with over 300 colour photos and 85 diagrams."--Amazon.
The Hand-sculpted House
The Hand-sculpted House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hand-sculpted House write by Ianto Evans. This book was released on 2002. The Hand-sculpted House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cob, a structural composite of earth, water, straw, clay, and sand, has been used for centuries, in virtually all parts of the world, to create homes ranging from mud huts in Africa to lavish adobe haciendas in Latin America. This practical and inspiring hands-on guide teaches anyone to build a cob dwelling.
The Straw Bale House
The Straw Bale House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Straw Bale House write by Athena Swentzell Steen. This book was released on 1994. The Straw Bale House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many copies in stock but still heavy demand; only a few titles published on this subject. Very popular in rural WA too.
You Can Make the Best Hot Tub Ever!
You Can Make the Best Hot Tub Ever! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook You Can Make the Best Hot Tub Ever! write by Becky Bee. This book was released on 2001. You Can Make the Best Hot Tub Ever! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After years of smoky outdoor baths and burnt elbows and knees, Becky Bee, author of The Cob Builder's Handbook, discovered cob and made the bath of her dreams. So many friends wanted to know how to do it that she decided to make this book so even friends she hasn't met can have the pleasure of making and owning the best hot tub ever!Unless you have had an outdoor bath, there is no way your imagination can see how absolutely divine it is. It's more like a temple than a bath. It is the reclaiming of an old ritual, balm to your soul, and a restorative for your body in the midst of the madness of modern life.This book guides you through the steps of making a cob firebox under a metal tub. This booklet is written in simple language with lots of easy-to-follow pictures and drawings. And, to top it all off, you won't believe how affordable it is.This little cob tub project is the most delightful way to start learning about natural building, giving you a hands-on introduction to subjects like drainage, site choice, design, foundations, and cob construction-with a hot bath as the reward.
