I just started to setup the ground to do the Cob Cabin, I'm 62 years Old, I live off grid in South Central Missouri in my SUV and in a budget this will help me a lot since my income is limited, I did the dirt test as you showed and is all clay no sand. I thank you with all my heart Miguel since this will help me get out of my SUV that been hard on me specifically winter.
Hi Jose, glad you are inspired to build a Palletable Cobin. Hope you have access to a truck to bring all the sand you will need for your cob. If you are able to send me photos along the way, perhaps I can offer some assistance from afar...
Built a cheap diy greenhouse out of old junk/pallets. The world is too our oyster!!!! My fam & I live in SCMO as well. Howdy neighbor!!!! You can do it!!!!! 😃♥️🙏
Most underrated cob creator on youtube! Thanks for the wonderful explanation and sharing of knowledge in this densely packed video! I will be re-watching it many times lol thanks again!!
I met you years ago at the first seed expo in santa rosa. Then I looked you up (don't you have a book?) and was impressed at how artistic your constructions are. I have been following you since. This latest version of your work using pallets is most awesome. These videos are encouraging me to try to build a studio. Its' so kind of you to provide the step-by-step. You are an unsung asset to Norcal. Thank you, Sir Cobalot! EDIT: I will be starting by building myself an outdoor shower! No top, and 3 sides!
FABULOUS... and great detail... We bought land, will be planning helping our 22 year old son to build his, my she-shed, and our bigger "homestead castle"...you made it all feel very doable! My husband and I are 62... we CAN DO THIS!
Thanks, I found this video a few months ago and had to give it a shot. I'm currently building a square version of this to use as a temporary living space while I build an earthship. It will eventually be my tool shed, but I'm stoked to have an affordable and quick solution to a shelter. Thanks again and keep it up.
We just completed our build using this method and are so thrilled that we had this step by step guide to rely on throughout the process. We built ours with just the two of us without any prior construction experience. It wasn't always easy, but if we can do it I am sure anyone else can. We will do a full video in the coming weeks on what we wish we would have known going into this project, but this video and channel is a great start for anyone that is looking to construct her/his own economic natural home. Here is the link to our tour in English: czcams.com/video/pfTorMOjUo8/video.html We will upload videos of our whole build in the coming days/weeks! Thanks again for sharing all your knowledge Miguel!
Hi, i would like to say big thank you for sharing all the info about your cobins. Yours videos are very inspirational. I am from the Czech republic and right now in the proces of building this cob structer. It brings me so much joy. The cool thing is that everybody is able to build it! Thanks again for spreading this low cost way of construction! Keep up the good work!
Cob is awesome. I made a few chicken pens out of pallets and cob and it’s so cheap to do. My chickens have also been protected from this heat wave in NM. Like you mentioned too it’s also therapeutic. I am an oef oif vet and it helps with ptsd.
Bohol Philippines is one of the island that got hit by typhoon signal #5 and houses are damage,short of materials for rebuild as nearby islands also got hit so this would be a good way of people rebuilding their homes,thanks for sharing.
God bless you miguel 🙏🏼 I hope you realize what a blessing you are offering to the world by sharing your knowledge 🫶🏽 I just moved to zanzibar bought a piece of land and can’t wait to get my hands cobing 😁 you give hope to all people who want to live natural and simple 🙌🏽 Blessings to you bother 🤍
Oh wow, just found this video. This is so great! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this tutorial. I have been wanting to do a cop house for years. Just a lot of trials and stuff that are taking up so much timeare getting in the way. One day though I will do it. In the meantime I keep watching videos on how to do it and this one was excellent. Thank you so much
Yes!!! What a confirmation because I have been envisioning the same thing using 4x4 uprights with lightweight insulatable scaffolding between. Cobb has to be so massive in order to get the insulation factor and being able to move a tiny home seems very important with alternative structures for DIY earth and recycles projects. Thank you so much for inspiring people to create their own homes inexpensively.
Coming from a background of building with Adobe, cob and light clay straw this is fantastically fast and easy. Wow! I can’t believe I never heard of it before, very inspiring, thank you!
My family and I are putting this method to work for our new homes at a count of 4 new tiny homes. We were going to do two with earth bag and two traditional cob. We have all the foundations in currently, but we are going to have to modify and use the downed trees on our land from last winters terrible snow storm and cut the wood slats ourselves because here pallets aren't free anymore and we do need a use for the downed trees anyway. The houses are a bit larger than these but I still believe with a bit of finesse this method should still work. The walls are thicker of course but again with some finesse the modification will just add for more insulation. Thank you so much for the step by step process this is going to save my/ our backs, legs and arms!!! Not to mention time!!! Love from Virginia!!!
Thankyou for posting. I've built with rammed earth and cob. And I've built from pallets . even built from tires. But never all together. Brilliant work. Thankyou for sharing and best wishes
G'Day from Australia. Thanks' for sharing all your knowledge, inspiration and skills. We have just moved into our next home. It has a defunct inground swimming pool that I'm hopping at some stage, to convert into bespoke sunken guest accommodation! It won't be the easiest thing to achieve (as it's a kidney bean shaped pool) But myself being OK on-the-tools, and thanks to inspirational videos like yours, I'm keen to have a crack at it, I love a building challenge!
But also I have been learning soo much from you! I want to thank the time you put into these videos they are awesome and I love that this is given to the community to learn from! You are definitely a role model!
I'd been thinking about this idea for a long time and this video is exactly what I needed! You've figured out all the details and I am extra excited to start my ecovillage now. I hope we can meet someday Miguel. Thank you so much!
@@cobalot9 Yes, Very inspiring! I hope to learn the skills one day to build in this style to live in. It would be great to take a workshop with you someday! Love your videos! Thanks again for sharing.
My husband of 43 years are wishing we had been interested in this when we were younger. This is so cool. Thank you Michael for your great ideas even if it's now my daydream. I'm not a spring chicken anymore but it is a wonderful idea.
Santa Rosa??? I’m in Sonoma County too and my desire is to someday build a cobb village!!!! My husband and I are in our 70’s so it’s not something we can do as we are….but someday, according to our hope for the future!!! But we can hope….right???? I watch your videos and try to learn all I can!!! We have 3 grown kiddos and spouses…so who knows. Love the idea of sculpting artistic expression etc…..thank you for sharing!!!
Love this project. We have lots of metal roofing remnants that we will use. What considerations should be designed in the beginning for plumbing and electric? While we are fine with a compost potty and water catch tanks we will use this as a guest house. Thanks. 🌞🌱❤️
Miguel, much love for this!! Just genius!!! And so beautiful.. I am in love with cob for so many years now, and you have come in the perfect moment to make possible the construction of a little hut to begin with. Great, great work and spirit!! I´ll try to register my own as you did. And if you come to Brazil one day (I hope so..), please, let me know!! There is a lot of wonderful possibilities and people here, plenty of materials, and much interest in this kind of investigations. So, best wishes friend! Thank you so much for sharing your work!!!
Hey Neta, thanks for writing I'm glad you are enthusiastic about Cob building and like my palatable cobin design. I am curious where in Brazil you have land to build on? My buddy Joe is here with me and he goes to Brazil a lot and speaks Portuguese fluently. If you have photos of your land I'd be happy to see them take care and good luck with your project I'm open to coming down to Brazil one day. Joe is coming down next month and may be able to visit your property if it's near where he is going.
@@cobalot9 Hi Miguel, well that's good news!! I have a land in Minas Gerais near São Paulo. It is near the city of São Bento do Sapucaí, and the region is called Serra da Mantiqueira. We have water abundance and cold whether during approximatly two months, but the rest of the year the temperature is ok. My goal is to improve my skills on rocket stoves building, both for outside and inside banches and hot showers. And a cob house as well. Where can I send some photos? By email? Where does Joe usually travel around here? Great to hear from you 👍💓!!!
Thats great. Yes, my friend Joe is going very near there in a month or so. He would like to come visit. He had been working with me lots and has great skills .. you can send pix of your property to my email cobalot9@gmail.com Miguel
@@cobalot9 Wow, some more great news that you friend Joe is coming soon. Let's talk more about It by email and I'll send you some photos! Best whishes 🤗🌈
Thank you for the videos and the inspiration, a group of friends and myself are looking at making sustainable low cost housing here in South Africa, and we've landed on Cob as one of the best means available for us in South Africa, seeing this method of using pallets as WELL makes it even more feasible so thank you very much, if possible could you share those engineers specs to make it to code. As we would also love also work it to be in line with our our building regulations here.
Hi there, cool,.glad.to hear you are trying out the Palletable Cobin there in South Africa. Sure, if you send me your email to cobalot9@gmail.com I'll respond with those engineered plans...
@@cobalot9 siii me encanto mucho! I actually didn't realize what a hub it is for natural building and only stumbled upon the Earthship Patagonia hostel while visiting for a quick day trip. Definitely need to go back next time and connect with that whole community! Pretty amazing you helped lead the minga culture and building with natural materials though!
Hi! dennis here. I live in Welland, Ontario, Canada, where in winter we still get snow, at times between October and March, perhaps. We can also have times now with climate change where we are without snow, but still have COLD! We also have folk who are homeless that I would like to see housed without them having a heap of debt.
Awesome video! Turns out were doing quite similar things :) So nice to pick each others brain by displaying what we are doing. Going to chec out the rest of your chanel as well Be well
I absolutely adore cob, do you ever have hands on workshops? I want to eventually build a cob house in florida but their building codes are extremely hard to work with. I've been told by friends. I've done research on cob for almost 4 years now and watched a million videos on it but still believe It would be more beneficial to have hands on, so I can better understand all my reading material.
This is really cool! An innovative approach to an already great building method. A few related questions though. Is the distance between the posts too wide? Not sure if the pallets would provide enough lateral strength. Is this why you build round? Wondering if a more linear design would work. Thanks for so generously posting this!
A cob house is my dream home!! I want basically a cob castle though 😂 I want at least 5 decently sized bedrooms. My dream closet and beauty room. 2 living areas one with a sunken in floor for a conversation couch and a sun room. A corridor that’s a green house combo. I have met many builders in my area and none of them have ever heard of a cob house I met one native man that was building in this elite neighborhood a home enforced with metal bars and concrete that knew somewhat of it and he told me a story of a cousin he had that married a New Mexico native and he built her a house outta mud and left the floors as dirt and she said I’m not living in a dirt floor house you may as well take me back to Oklahoma that’s exactly what he did dropped her ass off back home with her dad 😂😂 hopefully my dream house will come true though ❤😂
I love this idea. Just one thing…. I was under the impression that you are supposed to use straw as opposed to hay to pack the walls? My brother has built several straw bail houses and he told me that the reason they use straw and not hay is the cellulose content. My understanding is that hay will break down and want to decompose over time whereas straw is more cellulose so not a problem. (?)
Yes hay is for horses straw is for houses. I always insulate my walls with straw instead of hay. Hey Will start to smell when it heats up and also it can sprout. Did you see somewhere in my video where I say that I add hay instead of straw?
Thank you for sharing this documentation and your enthusiasm. What do you think about a structure like this in a coastal climate of central America? Are there any good examples or do you have ideas how this could be extended, modified to be in the best resonance with the elements such as much warmer temperatures, months of heavy rains and times of high winds, possibly hurricane style? Thank you Miguel for your continued efforts to educate and inspire.
@@cobalot9 If I'm understanding you correctly, a tropical design isn't much different and you would encourage a similar design for a structure built in Central America. Thanks for clarifying.
We are planning to built a small kitchen , however not sure how the building will handle the extra amount of vapour... As my wife spends all day in a kitchen. Fitting some vents and a skylight which we can open might work ?! Also the sheep wool is widely available in our area and it would be great to insulate the walls as long as the odour from that wool will not be trapped in the kitchen over the time ?! Any advice will be appreciated
I want to create this with my community but we were given this home which is a standard house but it has a good foundation but the house has had holes in the interior dry walls from previous caretakers of the house but I want to see if you can still put a cob wall with the existing framing and how I can take out the dry wall and create I guess cob interior walls. What would you do?
Are the engineer drawings available somewhere? Looking to get this approved by CID in New Mexico. Probably wouldn't bother with the living roof as it would get wind sun and cold blasted but it's a nice touch. I've got quite a few off grid friends and properties which this would be perfect for. I'd be interested in hosting a workshop as well on land near Albuquerque NM!
Hello 👋 I just found your video. Love this simple, economic and sustainable way of building. I wanted to ask you, how do the palates and non-treated 4x4s stand to the humidity in Florida? I'm concerned about termites. Also, how about rain & wind? We have really nice hurricanes that visit us from time to time 😢 Much appreciation goes to you for sharing this creative way of building 🙏🌎
Hi Maria, glad you like my form of building. I have not had any issues with termites eating my 4x4 uprights. You can use pressure treated wood if you are concerned about this. Once it is encased in cob there is no off gassing so it's totally safe.
Hi! Glad to hear you've been inspired to build a Palletable Cobin' there in the UK. As you probably know there are lots of Cob houses in England with all the rain so it shouldn't be a problem especially if you build the roof first with a good roof overhang. Do a lime plaster on the exterior to help protect it from the water. I'd love to see photos of your progress if you are able to share
would this be suitable for tropical weather? And what happens when it rains when you are doing the cobbing? It wouldnt dry mutch i suppose and it might all collapse? Do you cover it up? Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Yes it would be totally fine in tropical weather. If you are concerned about the rain, you can build the roof first before doing any cob. I have never had any of my cob collapse. If I dont have a roof on it, then sure, Id cover it up with a tarp if its raining. Once it had a good hydraulic lime plaster on it though it can handle some water on the walls.
hello building a community of tiny homes a few cob , tree house, one straw bale and cob , earth bag, a yurt and a container !!! plus a shed to tiny home ......and have a question about insolation,...can I use straw cob to finish off the tiny house shed convert....????? I'm in the deep south USA but from England making a add on using your cobin technique x love it please advise thanks x hugs
Thank you so much for sharing your technique How’s the insulation with this method of cob? Also what do you do about plumbing? Lastly, what’s the largest structure you’ve with this method?
Hi the insulation for a pallet cob structure is pretty good to insulate from the cold but not great from insulating from the heat. The pallets can be filled with Earth or more mass. It is possible to put plumbing into the structures no problem the largest palate carb structure I built has been 350 sq ft but I don't see why you can't build bigger than that
what about large amount of rain or floods? is there any type of trench system underneath or around the cobin so water doesn't get into the earthen floor?
Ive framed my structure with pallets and ready to cob after our downpour of snow here in a few months. Questions: What type of r value are you getting from pallets filled with straw? I'm in an area that has very fine sand and caliche.. I also have plenty of wood ash from burning my wood stove. Can it be used along with straw and should I supplement ? Is concrete base/scratch coat needed similar to stucco to be more permanent? Thank you in advance. I just found your channel. I appreciate your work.
Yes, insulatiing with straw does help keep the structure warmer. You can try the fine sand, but if you are able to use coarse sand that would be better. I have never added ash to the cob mix to make it stronger. If you watch my video, you will see that I apply a lime plaster over the cob to protect it, not a cement stucco.
Thanks for this video man. SOOOOO helpful, QUESTION if i am in a tropical country do I stil need to fill with insulation? Will that keep the cool temp inside the Cobin? What else can I fill it with if I have no problems with cold climates in a tropical warm country? Thank you in advance.
Yes, good question. You may want to pack the pallets with Earth more like rammed earth for insulation from the heat. Im building now in Florida and the straw insulation is not really keeping it cool when its hot out. May need to put extra wood slats between the pallet boards though to make the gaps smaller so the earth doesnt fall out...
Great information. I had a concrete block house built in Florida. Am thinking about cobbing the exterior. Would that work? Concrete block is too plain .
Might have to wire it first I would recommend using a lime plaster and make sure you have a 2 foot roof overhang to protect the skin from the rain getting behind it
I just started to setup the ground to do the Cob Cabin, I'm 62 years Old, I live off grid in South Central Missouri in my SUV and in a budget this will help me a lot since my income is limited, I did the dirt test as you showed and is all clay no sand. I thank you with all my heart Miguel since this will help me get out of my SUV that been hard on me specifically winter.
Hi Jose, glad you are inspired to build a Palletable Cobin. Hope you have access to a truck to bring all the sand you will need for your cob. If you are able to send me photos along the way, perhaps I can offer some assistance from afar...
I live in SW MO and I am beginning my cob journey, as well! Best of luck ❤️
Do it brother …. Work , work ,work …. Absolutely fantastic
How amazing that you are building your own home. Good for you. You’ve inspired me to want to get out othere myself.
Built a cheap diy greenhouse out of old junk/pallets. The world is too our oyster!!!!
My fam & I live in SCMO as well. Howdy neighbor!!!! You can do it!!!!! 😃♥️🙏
Most underrated cob creator on youtube! Thanks for the wonderful explanation and sharing of knowledge in this densely packed video! I will be re-watching it many times lol thanks again!!
Wow, thank you!
Finally a video that actually shows you all the details on building everything.
I met you years ago at the first seed expo in santa rosa. Then I looked you up (don't you have a book?) and was impressed at how artistic your constructions are. I have been following you since. This latest version of your work using pallets is most awesome. These videos are encouraging me to try to build a studio. Its' so kind of you to provide the step-by-step. You are an unsung asset to Norcal. Thank you, Sir Cobalot!
EDIT: I will be starting by building myself an outdoor shower! No top, and 3 sides!
FABULOUS... and great detail...
We bought land, will be planning helping our 22 year old son to build his, my she-shed, and our bigger "homestead castle"...you made it all feel very doable!
My husband and I are 62... we CAN DO THIS!
Yes, you can do this! Hope this video is helpful for you!
Thanks, I found this video a few months ago and had to give it a shot. I'm currently building a square version of this to use as a temporary living space while I build an earthship. It will eventually be my tool shed, but I'm stoked to have an affordable and quick solution to a shelter. Thanks again and keep it up.
Great! Hope your build goes well. A roof for square structure is much easier than a round cobin.
We just completed our build using this method and are so thrilled that we had this step by step guide to rely on throughout the process. We built ours with just the two of us without any prior construction experience. It wasn't always easy, but if we can do it I am sure anyone else can. We will do a full video in the coming weeks on what we wish we would have known going into this project, but this video and channel is a great start for anyone that is looking to construct her/his own economic natural home. Here is the link to our tour in English: czcams.com/video/pfTorMOjUo8/video.html We will upload videos of our whole build in the coming days/weeks! Thanks again for sharing all your knowledge Miguel!
Hi, i would like to say big thank you for sharing all the info about your cobins. Yours videos are very inspirational. I am from the Czech republic and right now in the proces of building this cob structer. It brings me so much joy. The cool thing is that everybody is able to build it! Thanks again for spreading this low cost way of construction! Keep up the good work!
Thanks, glad you like. Hope your cobin build goes well.
Ahoj Ludku, jak to jde? Ja jsem v Anglii a chtela bych to taky vyzkouset na pritelove pozemku
Cob is awesome. I made a few chicken pens out of pallets and cob and it’s so cheap to do. My chickens have also been protected from this heat wave in NM. Like you mentioned too it’s also therapeutic. I am an oef oif vet and it helps with ptsd.
Bohol Philippines is one of the island that got hit by typhoon signal #5 and houses are damage,short of materials for rebuild as nearby islands also got hit so this would be a good way of people rebuilding their homes,thanks for sharing.
This would be a great structure for emergency housing, for Sure
Thank you for the tutorial. I am wanting to build a Art studio in Arizona.
Thank you for taking your time sharing your knowledge. I have learnt so much just watching your videos.
I absolutely love this! This is the next step in our evolution. Great video!
Fantastic go to of how to create a sleep out or sheep milking shed or a home! Love your easy to follow video and instructions
God bless you miguel 🙏🏼 I hope you realize what a blessing you are offering to the world by sharing your knowledge 🫶🏽 I just moved to zanzibar bought a piece of land and can’t wait to get my hands cobing 😁 you give hope to all people who want to live natural and simple 🙌🏽 Blessings to you bother 🤍
How very kind of you to say I appreciate your words. I hope my videos are helpful to your endeavors. take great care, Migz
Awesome!! Thank you for giving us your knowledge and time, I will definitely be looking into hosting one of your clinics, you rule!
Very detailed, awesome thank you so much Miguel!! Love and Light from the Netherlands
Great video. Got to visit the Cob Cottage folks when I lived in Oregon. Plan to build myself a retirement home next year in the Ozarks.
Brilliant!! Thanks for the excellent tutorial. Now I know what I am going to put on my property!! I will be thinking of you as I enjoy my new home.
Subscribed, have went to dome building class, aircrete class, looking at straight cob but this really resonates. Thank you. I'm all in.
Thank you for sharing all this priceless information
Thank you very much!! was a pleasure to see it and take some tips. Greetings from Uruguay!!
Great video, you shared extremely useful information for humanity. You have a follower from Barcelona
This is so awesome! I'm looking to build with my boys, and this opens up more options!
Me too😁
Oh wow, just found this video. This is so great! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this tutorial. I have been wanting to do a cop house for years. Just a lot of trials and stuff that are taking up so much timeare getting in the way. One day though I will do it. In the meantime I keep watching videos on how to do it and this one was excellent. Thank you so much
Hi Susan, so glad you like the video. I hope if you build your own cobn you will find this video helpful.
How wonderful! such great work! Such helpful instructions!
Yes!!! What a confirmation because I have been envisioning the same thing using 4x4 uprights with lightweight insulatable scaffolding between. Cobb has to be so massive in order to get the insulation factor and being able to move a tiny home seems very important with alternative structures for DIY earth and recycles projects. Thank you so much for inspiring people to create their own homes inexpensively.
Sure thing Ann! Yes, the Palletable Cobin has many benefits. Glad you are inspired to give it a try! Hope the video serves as a helpful guide.
I built a straw bale house in Nova Scotia. I like your small scale ideas. Thanks.
Coming from a background of building with Adobe, cob and light clay straw this is fantastically fast and easy. Wow! I can’t believe I never heard of it before, very inspiring, thank you!
You are amazing! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge! 😊
You are a life saver. At least you saved mune. Thanks
My family and I are putting this method to work for our new homes at a count of 4 new tiny homes. We were going to do two with earth bag and two traditional cob. We have all the foundations in currently, but we are going to have to modify and use the downed trees on our land from last winters terrible snow storm and cut the wood slats ourselves because here pallets aren't free anymore and we do need a use for the downed trees anyway. The houses are a bit larger than these but I still believe with a bit of finesse this method should still work. The walls are thicker of course but again with some finesse the modification will just add for more insulation. Thank you so much for the step by step process this is going to save my/ our backs, legs and arms!!! Not to mention time!!! Love from Virginia!!!
Wow! Sounds like quite a project there! I hope it goes well. Id love to see photos if you get a chance. My email is cobalot9@gmail.com
Ck out Izzy Swan on you-tube for a cool, easy "chainsaw mill' meets a come along. Happy new year.
Good idea, really helped me to understand how to work with pallet and mud.
Thank you so much for showing the whole process 🙏
You are Amazing Cob king. Thank you brother. Jah Bless
Cob King... That has a nice ring to it...
Thankyou for posting. I've built with rammed earth and cob. And I've built from pallets . even built from tires. But never all together. Brilliant work. Thankyou for sharing and best wishes
Hey thanks Robin! Have you built Robin's Cobin yet?
What a nice video with such a detailed explanation
Thanks a lot for this wonderful practical information.
This is wonderful and practical. Thank you for sharing.
Real solutions for homeless
People …. Bravo !!!!
G'Day from Australia.
Thanks' for sharing all your knowledge, inspiration and skills. We have just moved into our next home. It has a defunct inground swimming pool that I'm hopping at some stage, to convert into bespoke sunken guest accommodation! It won't be the easiest thing to achieve (as it's a kidney bean shaped pool) But myself being OK on-the-tools, and thanks to inspirational videos like yours, I'm keen to have a crack at it, I love a building challenge!
Great! So glad you like the video. Hope it helps with your building project!
Wow that sounds absolutely awesome❤❤❤❤❤
But also I have been learning soo much from you! I want to thank the time you put into these videos they are awesome and I love that this is given to the community to learn from! You are definitely a role model!
How nice of you to say! I appreciate your kind words. Its a pleasure for me to share what I can ..
I'd been thinking about this idea for a long time and this video is exactly what I needed! You've figured out all the details and I am extra excited to start my ecovillage now. I hope we can meet someday Miguel. Thank you so much!
Hey, cool! We should talk!
@@cobalot9 Do you use 2x6's for the roof? Did you get my number that I replied to yesterday?
Very neat and inspiring! :)
This is awesome, thanks for this video Miguel!
Hey, thanks, glad you like. Hope you find it helpful
This is genius. Thanks for sharing this info!
Awesome! I love learning about this stuff
Wow! Beautiful! Gracias Miguel!
Hi there! You are most welcome. Hope it is helpful for you
@@cobalot9 Yes, Very inspiring! I hope to learn the skills one day to build in this style to live in. It would be great to take a workshop with you someday! Love your videos! Thanks again for sharing.
This is an excellent, particularly cost effective technique. Love the insulation inside the pallets. Save on thickness of the wall
Thanks. Yes, I agree that its a great design.
My husband of 43 years are wishing we had been interested in this when we were younger. This is so cool. Thank you Michael for your great ideas even if it's now my daydream. I'm not a spring chicken anymore but it is a wonderful idea.
Amazing video. Keep it up! ❤
glad i found this video, very educational thank you!!
Amazing! I would love to be part of a workshop, as I want to build my own cob structure. This is so exciting.
Nice! Thanks Olivia! Hope this video is helpful for you ..
Beautiful information video
Brilliant. I needed to see this today.
Great I hope you find it helpful
Amazing design! Thank you.
Santa Rosa??? I’m in Sonoma County too and my desire is to someday build a cobb village!!!! My husband and I are in our 70’s so it’s not something we can do as we are….but someday, according to our hope for the
future!!! But we can hope….right???? I watch your videos and try to learn all I can!!! We have 3 grown kiddos and spouses…so who knows. Love the idea of sculpting artistic expression etc…..thank you for sharing!!!
Este video me esta inspirando a hacer yo mismo mi casa. Gracias por compartir sus conocimientos
You're so cool♡
Love what you do.
Much thanks! I really appreciate it!
Fantastic video!
Any advice for building a cob house in a place that gets lots of heavy snow? Would you just add more layers of the lime plaster?
Very informative! Thanks so much!
Sure thing! Hope it's helpful!
Love this project. We have lots of metal roofing remnants that we will use. What considerations should be designed in the beginning for plumbing and electric? While we are fine with a compost potty and water catch tanks we will use this as a guest house. Thanks. 🌞🌱❤️
Miguel, much love for this!! Just genius!!! And so beautiful..
I am in love with cob for so many years now, and you have come in the perfect moment to make possible the construction of a little hut to begin with. Great, great work and spirit!! I´ll try to register my own as you did.
And if you come to Brazil one day (I hope so..), please, let me know!! There is a lot of wonderful possibilities and people here, plenty of materials, and much interest in this kind of investigations.
So, best wishes friend! Thank you so much for sharing your work!!!
Hey Neta, thanks for writing I'm glad you are enthusiastic about Cob building and like my palatable cobin design. I am curious where in Brazil you have land to build on? My buddy Joe is here with me and he goes to Brazil a lot and speaks Portuguese fluently. If you have photos of your land I'd be happy to see them take care and good luck with your project I'm open to coming down to Brazil one day. Joe is coming down next month and may be able to visit your property if it's near where he is going.
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Hi Miguel, well that's good news!! I have a land in Minas Gerais near São Paulo. It is near the city of São Bento do Sapucaí, and the region is called Serra da Mantiqueira. We have water abundance and cold whether during approximatly two months, but the rest of the year the temperature is ok. My goal is to improve my skills on rocket stoves building, both for outside and inside banches and hot showers. And a cob house as well.
Where can I send some photos? By email? Where does Joe usually travel around here?
Great to hear from you 👍💓!!!
Thats great. Yes, my friend Joe is going very near there in a month or so. He would like to come visit. He had been working with me lots and has great skills .. you can send pix of your property to my email cobalot9@gmail.com
Miguel
@@cobalot9 Wow, some more great news that you friend Joe is coming soon. Let's talk more about It by email and I'll send you some photos! Best whishes 🤗🌈
Hi Miguel! I've sent you an e-mail wednesday. Please, see if you got It👍😉
Thank you for the videos and the inspiration, a group of friends and myself are looking at making sustainable low cost housing here in South Africa, and we've landed on Cob as one of the best means available for us in South Africa, seeing this method of using pallets as WELL makes it even more feasible so thank you very much, if possible could you share those engineers specs to make it to code. As we would also love also work it to be in line with our our building regulations here.
Hi there, cool,.glad.to hear you are trying out the Palletable Cobin there in South Africa. Sure, if you send me your email to cobalot9@gmail.com I'll respond with those engineered plans...
@@cobalot9 Thank you. I just sent you a mail
Thank you for sharing!
Nice one
El Bolson! I was there in December and loved it!
Cool! Yeah, pretty awesome place, yeah?! Did you do some natural building there?
@@cobalot9 siii me encanto mucho! I actually didn't realize what a hub it is for natural building and only stumbled upon the Earthship Patagonia hostel while visiting for a quick day trip. Definitely need to go back next time and connect with that whole community! Pretty amazing you helped lead the minga culture and building with natural materials though!
Need to further that culture in the states and especially in joshua tree! ;)
Hi! dennis here. I live in Welland, Ontario, Canada, where in winter we still get snow, at times between October and March, perhaps. We can also have times now with climate change where we are without snow, but still have COLD! We also have folk who are homeless that I would like to see housed without them having a heap of debt.
Awesome video! Turns out were doing quite similar things :)
So nice to pick each others brain by displaying what we are doing. Going to chec out the rest of your chanel as well
Be well
I absolutely adore cob, do you ever have hands on workshops? I want to eventually build a cob house in florida but their building codes are extremely hard to work with. I've been told by friends. I've done research on cob for almost 4 years now and watched a million videos on it but still believe It would be more beneficial to have hands on, so I can better understand all my reading material.
so sorta like a pallet/wattle daub. awesome
Exactly! Just way easier... The space in the pallets is a perfect recepticle for the insulation...
This is amazing!
Thank you!
Do you think this method is doable for a 1200 or 1400 sqft structure?
This is really cool! An innovative approach to an already great building method. A few related questions though. Is the distance between the posts too wide? Not sure if the pallets would provide enough lateral strength. Is this why you build round? Wondering if a more linear design would work. Thanks for so generously posting this!
These are super cool
A cob house is my dream home!! I want basically a cob castle though 😂 I want at least 5 decently sized bedrooms. My dream closet and beauty room. 2 living areas one with a sunken in floor for a conversation couch and a sun room. A corridor that’s a green house combo. I have met many builders in my area and none of them have ever heard of a cob house I met one native man that was building in this elite neighborhood a home enforced with metal bars and concrete that knew somewhat of it and he told me a story of a cousin he had that married a New Mexico native and he built her a house outta mud and left the floors as dirt and she said I’m not living in a dirt floor house you may as well take me back to Oklahoma that’s exactly what he did dropped her ass off back home with her dad 😂😂 hopefully my dream house will come true though ❤😂
I love this idea. Just one thing…. I was under the impression that you are supposed to use straw as opposed to hay to pack the walls? My brother has built several straw bail houses and he told me that the reason they use straw and not hay is the cellulose content. My understanding is that hay will break down and want to decompose over time whereas straw is more cellulose so not a problem. (?)
Yes hay is for horses straw is for houses. I always insulate my walls with straw instead of hay. Hey Will start to smell when it heats up and also it can sprout. Did you see somewhere in my video where I say that I add hay instead of straw?
Thank you for sharing this documentation and your enthusiasm. What do you think about a structure like this in a coastal climate of central America? Are there any good examples or do you have ideas how this could be extended, modified to be in the best resonance with the elements such as much warmer temperatures, months of heavy rains and times of high winds, possibly hurricane style? Thank you Miguel for your continued efforts to educate and inspire.
Hi, Yes, a Palletable Cobin' would be just fine in any part of the US. Just build a nice roof overhang and plaster it well
@@cobalot9 If I'm understanding you correctly, a tropical design isn't much different and you would encourage a similar design for a structure built in Central America. Thanks for clarifying.
That's nice do you have a tutorial on how to make roof structures?
Thanks for posting this information. How do I buy the plans for the code versions of the cobin? Thanks
Thank you so much !!
Very cool. Does the cob need protection from rain during construction? Like before the lime plaster goes on?
We are planning to built a small kitchen , however not sure how the building will handle the extra amount of vapour... As my wife spends all day in a kitchen. Fitting some vents and a skylight which we can open might work ?! Also the sheep wool is widely available in our area and it would be great to insulate the walls as long as the odour from that wool will not be trapped in the kitchen over the time ?! Any advice will be appreciated
I want to create this with my community but we were given this home which is a standard house but it has a good foundation but the house has had holes in the interior dry walls from previous caretakers of the house but I want to see if you can still put a cob wall with the existing framing and how I can take out the dry wall and create I guess cob interior walls. What would you do?
Are the engineer drawings available somewhere? Looking to get this approved by CID in New Mexico. Probably wouldn't bother with the living roof as it would get wind sun and cold blasted but it's a nice touch. I've got quite a few off grid friends and properties which this would be perfect for. I'd be interested in hosting a workshop as well on land near Albuquerque NM!
Hello 👋 I just found your video. Love this simple, economic and sustainable way of building. I wanted to ask you, how do the palates and non-treated 4x4s stand to the humidity in Florida? I'm concerned about termites. Also, how about rain & wind? We have really nice hurricanes that visit us from time to time 😢
Much appreciation goes to you for sharing this creative way of building 🙏🌎
Hi Maria, glad you like my form of building. I have not had any issues with termites eating my 4x4 uprights. You can use pressure treated wood if you are concerned about this. Once it is encased in cob there is no off gassing so it's totally safe.
I've dreamt of making one of these for years! Wow...thanks for the video... I'm in North West England 🇬🇧....too wet????
Hi! Glad to hear you've been inspired to build a Palletable Cobin' there in the UK. As you probably know there are lots of Cob houses in England with all the rain so it shouldn't be a problem especially if you build the roof first with a good roof overhang. Do a lime plaster on the exterior to help protect it from the water. I'd love to see photos of your progress if you are able to share
Where do you typically source your old pallets?
would this be suitable for tropical weather?
And what happens when it rains when you are doing the cobbing? It wouldnt dry mutch i suppose and it might all collapse? Do you cover it up?
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Yes it would be totally fine in tropical weather. If you are concerned about the rain, you can build the roof first before doing any cob. I have never had any of my cob collapse. If I dont have a roof on it, then sure, Id cover it up with a tarp if its raining. Once it had a good hydraulic lime plaster on it though it can handle some water on the walls.
hello building a community of tiny homes a few cob , tree house, one straw bale and cob , earth bag, a yurt and a container !!! plus a shed to tiny home ......and have a question about insolation,...can I use straw cob to finish off the tiny house shed convert....????? I'm in the deep south USA but from England making a add on using your cobin technique x love it please advise thanks x hugs
I'm wondering : the strength of cob in earthquake zones? Tis really appeals to the artist in me. Thank you for the video.
Thank you so much for sharing your technique How’s the insulation with this method of cob? Also what do you do about plumbing? Lastly, what’s the largest structure you’ve with this method?
Hi the insulation for a pallet cob structure is pretty good to insulate from the cold but not great from insulating from the heat. The pallets can be filled with Earth or more mass. It is possible to put plumbing into the structures no problem the largest palate carb structure I built has been 350 sq ft but I don't see why you can't build bigger than that
so do you add the flour/water mix to the mud while mixing?
So is it worth sealing the outside cob finish with linseed oil to waterproof it?
Hi thanks for the video. Question: do you know if I was to mix Portland cement, backyard dirt/soil, and grass that it will bond and harden? Thanks!
Hi there, I have never needed to add cement into the earth. I wouldnt recommend it.
Hi Miguel did built some cob walls i seal with lineseed oil do you think i can still put a lime plaster over the walls now? Thank U
what about large amount of rain or floods? is there any type of trench system underneath or around the cobin so water doesn't get into the earthen floor?
You are awesome
Ive framed my structure with pallets and ready to cob after our downpour of snow here in a few months.
Questions:
What type of r value are you getting from pallets filled with straw?
I'm in an area that has very fine sand and caliche.. I also have plenty of wood ash from burning my wood stove. Can it be used along with straw and should I supplement ?
Is concrete base/scratch coat needed similar to stucco to be more permanent?
Thank you in advance. I just found your channel. I appreciate your work.
Yes, insulatiing with straw does help keep the structure warmer. You can try the fine sand, but if you are able to use coarse sand that would be better. I have never added ash to the cob mix to make it stronger. If you watch my video, you will see that I apply a lime plaster over the cob to protect it, not a cement stucco.
Thanks for this video man. SOOOOO helpful, QUESTION if i am in a tropical country do I stil need to fill with insulation? Will that keep the cool temp inside the Cobin? What else can I fill it with if I have no problems with cold climates in a tropical warm country? Thank you in advance.
Yes, good question. You may want to pack the pallets with Earth more like rammed earth for insulation from the heat. Im building now in Florida and the straw insulation is not really keeping it cool when its hot out. May need to put extra wood slats between the pallet boards though to make the gaps smaller so the earth doesnt fall out...
@@cobalot9 oh yea?! Cool! How long until its done? Can I come to look/ help?
Good man.
Great information.
I had a concrete block house built in Florida.
Am thinking about cobbing the exterior.
Would that work?
Concrete block is too plain .
Might have to wire it first I would recommend using a lime plaster and make sure you have a 2 foot roof overhang to protect the skin from the rain getting behind it