New for Summer 1998!
The Cobber's Companion, Second Edition

by Michael G. Smith and The Cob Cottage

• Cob Components
  • Soil testing
  • Finding the perfect mix
  • The best straw and sand
• Mixing
  • Tarp & pit methods
  • mechanical mixing
• Building Cob Walls
  • Pise, loaves, Gaab-cob
  • Trimming & tapering
• Drainage
• Foundations
  • Stone walls
  • Reinforced concrete
  • Experimental
• Sculptural details
  • Arches, Corbels, and Niches
  • Sculpture and Relief
• Connections
  • Roofs,  wood, and straw bale
  • Windows and doors
  • Plumbing and wiring
• Roofs
  • Thatch, sod, shakes, etc.
  • Natural insulation
  • Ceilings
• and lots more!

    Rather than taking a recipe-book approach, The Cobber's Companion explains the theory of cob construction so that you can design your own beautiful, inexpensive, earth-friendly home and make informed decisions at every step of the building process, from foundation to roof.  Also includes natural plasters and earthen floors. 120 information packed pages include over 100 illustrations and many references.

    This book provides step-by-step guidelines for building a simple cob building; from finding, selecting, and testing materials to wall building, foundations, windows, doors, roofs, floors, plasters and finishes. This is as a basic text designed to help readers regardless of their experience understand the materials well enough to answer their own questions and make good design decisions.

Written by Michael G. Smith of the Cob Cottage Company.

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Read some excerpts from the Second Edition

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