The staircase and parapet walls are made with the same blocks placed on their 4 inch edge put together with mud lime mortar.
Cob house roof construction.
The top and bottom of this space need to be vented out of the roof through the cob walls.
Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof.
Building the living roof.
A cob home has a lot of benefits the one down side is that it s very labor intensive and takes a good while.
The top part of the compressed earth block parapet wall is lined with a layer of baked brick.
Building a cob house.
Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded.
Cover the pipe with screen.
Since you aren t using a linear building material like lumber many cob homes are made with curves bumps and flowing lines.
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.
Unlike traditional houses which can got up very quickly cob is a slow process so be prepared.
Some are built with moss in the roof and some with a tarp type fabric for more of a teepee effect.
Set the foundation for your cob house.