Big fan girl, your doing great things for earthern building ! If the whole world built with cob/adobe/earth, but namely in passive solar designs for colder northern climates it'd greatly knock down the need for electric/natural gas/heating oil production helping with this ever fragile ecosystem ! I'd take you to terms tho that earthern material IS NOT especially insulative because it's not, it has a relatively low R-value. What it does have high thermal mass/value, the ability to gain and hold cold or heat ! That's why I'm such a fan of passive solar (colder climates), heat your house free with sun facing glass and let the thermal mass in your walls and floor absorb the heat keeping you warm all night. Next day start the warming process over again ! The reverse is true too, as I work on ancient adobe house in the American SW, when I take a break from the heat I don't go sit under a tree, I go inside and sit in the kitchen, the thermal mass has absorbed the night coolness and it's at least 10°-13° cooler than outside ! It's like God was giving us everything we need to to build and protect the earth right underneath our own feet... EARTH !! I do agree tho that cement was the downfall of earthern building in more than one way, not only material replacement but also cement and cement based stucco over cob/adobe traps moisture behind it and not allowing the wall to breath and retaining moisture, and the Achilles tendon of earthern structures is moisture or over saturation there of !! Anyhow, keep up the good work and when this world straightens up maybe hopefully everyone will build with earthern mud/adobe/cob !!
Yes!! You know a lot on earthen building! A solid cob wall is not insulating, you are correct, but a clay slip or hemp fiber wall with an earthen plaster has an excellent r value and is preferred for insulation needs and colder climates! They can definitely work in colder climates if built properly. The earthship style is another great option with thermal mass walls internally. I'm glad you are a fan of natural building also and thank you for your support!
@@turiyapanama eww I love earthship style, if I were to build new I'd absolutely incorporate many of their passive solar concepts into it. Being locked into a historical restoration of an old adobe house that my second great grandfather built in 1885ish I have to subtly add passive solar concepts into it WITHOUT ruining the aesthetics of this old house or ancient village !!
@@eugeniotapia6765 sounds like a very exciting project. I'm sure the house has an incredible energy! It is great to hear when these homes are being protected rather than replaced.
The US has them as well! You'll find strawbale in nebraska, sod homes down south, adobe in the SW, cob in the pacific NW. Because the US is a younger country and things needed to be built quickly, a lot of older structures were made of wood or brick, some stone. Most people making cob homes nowadays are homesteaders.
It's actually banned / illegal in most U.S. cities. It just depends where you're at. Cob and Adobe are illegal in my city because building and Real Estate people take mayor and county commissioner positions and pass laws. I'm in Texas, an hour from the New Mexico border, and New Mexico has tons of Adobe contractors. So Adobe was made illegal to prevent competitors from building here to maintain construction monopolies. However, if you drive down to Marfa Texas, building with Adobe is legal, and preferred, but the city doubles the property taxes for Adobe construction, which makes absolutely no sense. So, most of the time, the reason people in the U.S. aren't building with cob or Adobe is because of corrupt municipalities run by a bunch of morons that would serve the world better if they held a plastic bag over their heads and fell into a compost pile. In short....
Big fan girl, your doing great things for earthern building ! If the whole world built with cob/adobe/earth, but namely in passive solar designs for colder northern climates it'd greatly knock down the need for electric/natural gas/heating oil production helping with this ever fragile ecosystem ! I'd take you to terms tho that earthern material IS NOT especially insulative because it's not, it has a relatively low R-value. What it does have high thermal mass/value, the ability to gain and hold cold or heat ! That's why I'm such a fan of passive solar (colder climates), heat your house free with sun facing glass and let the thermal mass in your walls and floor absorb the heat keeping you warm all night. Next day start the warming process over again ! The reverse is true too, as I work on ancient adobe house in the American SW, when I take a break from the heat I don't go sit under a tree, I go inside and sit in the kitchen, the thermal mass has absorbed the night coolness and it's at least 10°-13° cooler than outside ! It's like God was giving us everything we need to to build and protect the earth right underneath our own feet... EARTH !! I do agree tho that cement was the downfall of earthern building in more than one way, not only material replacement but also cement and cement based stucco over cob/adobe traps moisture behind it and not allowing the wall to breath and retaining moisture, and the Achilles tendon of earthern structures is moisture or over saturation there of !! Anyhow, keep up the good work and when this world straightens up maybe hopefully everyone will build with earthern mud/adobe/cob !!
Yes!! You know a lot on earthen building! A solid cob wall is not insulating, you are correct, but a clay slip or hemp fiber wall with an earthen plaster has an excellent r value and is preferred for insulation needs and colder climates! They can definitely work in colder climates if built properly. The earthship style is another great option with thermal mass walls internally. I'm glad you are a fan of natural building also and thank you for your support!
@@turiyapanama eww I love earthship style, if I were to build new I'd absolutely incorporate many of their passive solar concepts into it. Being locked into a historical restoration of an old adobe house that my second great grandfather built in 1885ish I have to subtly add passive solar concepts into it WITHOUT ruining the aesthetics of this old house or ancient village !!
@@eugeniotapia6765 sounds like a very exciting project. I'm sure the house has an incredible energy! It is great to hear when these homes are being protected rather than replaced.
That makes sense i was wondering why in england you'll see cob houses but not in the US
The US has them as well! You'll find strawbale in nebraska, sod homes down south, adobe in the SW, cob in the pacific NW. Because the US is a younger country and things needed to be built quickly, a lot of older structures were made of wood or brick, some stone. Most people making cob homes nowadays are homesteaders.
It's actually banned / illegal in most U.S. cities. It just depends where you're at. Cob and Adobe are illegal in my city because building and Real Estate people take mayor and county commissioner positions and pass laws. I'm in Texas, an hour from the New Mexico border, and New Mexico has tons of Adobe contractors. So Adobe was made illegal to prevent competitors from building here to maintain construction monopolies.
However, if you drive down to Marfa Texas, building with Adobe is legal, and preferred, but the city doubles the property taxes for Adobe construction, which makes absolutely no sense.
So, most of the time, the reason people in the U.S. aren't building with cob or Adobe is because of corrupt municipalities run by a bunch of morons that would serve the world better if they held a plastic bag over their heads and fell into a compost pile.
In short....