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Title:
The
Hand-sculpted House: A Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
By: Ianto Evans, Linda Smiley, [Michael
G. Smith] of Cob
Cottage
Paperback
384 pages (June 2002)
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
ISBN: 1890132349
The Hand-Sculpted House is theoretical and philosophical but intensely
practical as well. You will get all the how-to information to undertake
a cob building project. As the modern world rediscovers the importance
of living in sustainable harmony with the environment, this book
is a bible of radical simplicity. |
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Title:
The
The Cob Builders Handbook: You Can Hand-sculpt Your Home
By: Becky Bee of Groundworks
Paperback
172 pages (May 7, 1998)
Publisher: Groundworks
ISBN: 0965908208
The
handbook includes detailed building instructions; designing your
home; choosing a site; making different types of foundations; how
to put in windows & doors; basics of roofs; floor options; natural
plasters and paints; helpful pictures and diagrams and lots of practical
tips. A partial online version is avalable here |
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Title:
Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide
By: Adam Weismann, Katy Bryce of Cob
in Cornwall
Paperback
260 pages (February 21, 2006)
Publisher: Green Books
ISBN: 1903998727
'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. |