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Would you have an idea how to prevent the concrete bond beam being a thermal bridge all around the house?

Ты конечно хороший человек, делаешь хорошее дело, но ... Вот эта твоя манера бесконечно повторять и повторять и повторять и еще повторять и повторять одно и то же, одно и то же, ОДНО И ТО ЖЕ ... Как будто жидкую и разваренную кашу пережевываешь, пережевываешь, пережевываешь. ЗАЧЕМ ТАК ДЕЛАТЬ? Ведь не дебилы же тебя смотрят? Или ты думаешь что твои зрители - именно тупые дебилы-олигофрены, которые сразу забывают сказанное минуту назад? ЭТО - твоя целевая аудитория?

Im sorry but i cant agree with this idea. I know your trying to keep the engineers and code monkeys happy but if moisture gets trapped under the bond beam it will weaken the cob. Historically Cob houses never used or needed bond beams. It just adds a whole lot of unnecessary expense and complexity to the build. If you must have a way to secure your trusses to the top of the wall just bury timber dead men in the last lift. Easy. Or you can bury threaded rod with an anchor plate on the end. Angle iron works well for that. The problem with concrete is that wherever you have penetrations/ starter bars exposed to air and moisture you get concrete cancer.

Thanks for the review Alex, do you know what kind (specs) of collet should I buy for my unit (same as yours)? or can you recommend an online store? Thanks!

Dont buy his coarse Its hot worth it He will ignore you !

Can you please show us any pictures of the forms for the rammed earth? Your site doesn't seem to have any "online course" for RE.

Will a cob house work in a desert of 100-120F degrees?

The Left has purposefully and relentlessly demonized Trump and supporters through their press/media/Hollywood in order to stoke hatred and division and instigate violence.

I'm sure some would love to build some things out of the Game for real. As opposed to renting a 3500 apt.

It's just that it goes very well with this Genera. You should see the Conventions they hold out here it's something else. They prep their costumes for months and once a yr. there's a Midevil Fest so big out here you have to buy tickets 6 mo. in advance.

Alex . . . there's a couple Communities I suspect your missing. One is the Skyrim Gaming Community 60M. The other is Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) 30k Members. Many coders. You might want to just look at some of the YT vids online. That doesn't include D&D enthusiasts either.

Interesting ! Have you seen what the Military uses to make bases overseas ?

We should have the COB Institute request random particle generation and simulation in the Physics Software like COMSOL and Altair. I'd like to see it for Tribo-Electric Charge (Static Electric charge) anyway it's not there yet. But probably not far off. They could then be simulated Seismically for Rammed Earth, COB, . . . I'd like to know how the walls perform under Transverse and Longitudinal Waves. The simulation of mud might not be far off of space dust and Clustering / Clumping Theory - Nebular Hypothesis. Not sure doubt anyone has done it yet. Oh one of the Mudgirls Structures stopped a tree. lol. That's pretty impressive actually.

Where is it ? Would hv love to come to voluenter. Natural building with cob is awesome!

My walls are round.

This is an area of Research. I can feel it - the amount of details. This stuff is worse than Calc I Word problems I'm reviewing. A person could spend a lifetime studying this.

Going to go see our Art House but what struck me was the cracks in the concrete within a yr. And if I were to use my Loan to build and have it crack immediately after - vote no confidence. And what is really discouraging is it was Designed and built by Engineers contracted by the City of Everett here. Thank You for your time reviewing.

Seismic Zone D,E. It's gotta be Engineered.

That's a great point Alex about quality. Especially with the Foundations ! lol.

Three Stories. I'm gonna be here awhile Alex. lol. oh gawd.

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Thanks for the video on Foundations. Reading through Codes is bundles of joy ! Is there a dry stack one. Though I saw one do a dry stack Foundation in Montana. Then there codes are different and they're not a Seismic Zone either. I just think it's fun to know how it originated back in the day. Warm here too. Sometimes I'll take a shower to cool off.

Soffit is American terminology for eaves. They call barge boards fascia boards. Luckily carpentry doesn't require nearly as many tools as cabinetry and joinery. With a decent compound chop saw, spirit level, a hammer, impact screw driver and drill, your pretty much good to go. Glad to see you put decent eaves on your building's. So important not to skimp on those.

I bought your coarse but you ignored my questions

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6:10 That's f'ing cool ! I bet they did dry stacked foundation too. Where is it ?

What is the name of that tool for grabbing wood?

cement brings humidity, in the long run that wall will have cracks, it is better to use lime

Best architecture ever I saw building ecofriendly, stable, warm and cheap technique to build a house. It is mostly useful for those who has less money to build a house for their families. Keep it up!

Hi Alex, Good to hear your doing better and improving. Well my question is about the Seattle area (PNW not one city) and it can be rather wet and rainy. We have heavy fog 2nd only to Main. England had rain and fog. Well no hurry just wondered how you would find this part of the country for COB.

This guy is destroying the entire purpose and scope of using cob... He uses concrete, mortar, brick, insulation, rebar, and everything you DO NOT WANT in a TRUE cob home! He builds a normal construction home and accentuates it with a very small amount of cob.... I guess when your goal is the money it outweighs the goal of eliminating commercial building products!

Love the look where the stone meets the cob/plaster wall. Is there a vapor barrier between them? Thanks

Is there a vapor barrier between the brick stem wall and cob?

I agree with sentinel9047!! Not sure on length! But set it up like a root cellar venting

Thank you for all the information. Glad to hear you are feeling better. 🤍

What is you opinion on Adobe or rammed earth?

Have you thought about burying some tubes in the ground and doing geothermal cooling?

Stabilised Cob is an Oxymoron. Adding cement to cob destabilises it. You cannot mix cement and clay together period. It says so clearly on the cement bag to make sure that your sand is not greasey. It must be washed, ie free of clay. Stabilised mud bricks start to crumble and disintegrate after a few year's. Eventually the walls will become structurally unsound. Clay is a self healing binder that breathes. It regulates moisture. The straw gives mechanical and chemical bonding. Compression over the year's improves colloidal cementation so you don't need to use cement. Natural Cob gets stronger with age. Render with lime is okay if you need more weather resistance.

I’m so so excited to do your workshop in October 🎉 Glad you’re feeling better, stay cool!

Bury a pipe underground on the north side (in the shade) under the frost line to bring cool air in from outside, cooled in the undergroung tunnel, then vent into the house from the floor then flowing out air vents in the roof. Free air conditioning. It works.

My family lived in the cob house when we first moved to missouri. The family that built the father told me that it's been about $2,000 in most of that was in the kitchen cabinets and countertops a and drawers etc...

Love your videos, I am in upstate NY and currently looking for property to build a natural home.

I bought your course You dont have any information on rammed earth Bought this because of rammed earth How can i reach you

Where is the bathroom?

The wood sir. The frames rafters and doors ! That's what termites eat. The wood . How to tackle that ?

Have you done any timber frame earth homes before? I’m going to be building a timber frame cabin and I’m hoping to use sawdust as the walls. It’s a fairly small cabin around 14x 16. I’m having a hard time deciding on how to incorporate the foundation for earth walls and timber frame. I’m thinking I’ll build the walls up on a pony wall and have the timber either on footings, possibly attached to the pony wall. Or should I just build an extra thick pony wall? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

I couldn't agree more, watching all these build videos the number one mistake I see are the stem-walls and foundations. I plan on starting a build next year and am going 100% concrete period the end. The last thing I will chance is having foundation problems or failure after spending all the time, money and effort it takes to build one. It just doesn't make sense.