Videos
- Introduction
- Sourcing soils
- Sensory tests
- Cigar test
- Shrinkage tests for soils
- Breakage test
- Sourcing fibres
- Sourcing aggregate
- Cob materials prep
- Ball drop test for mix
- Shrinkage test for mix
- Cob mixing machinery
- Cob mixing method
- Preparing light earth material
- Slip test
- Measuring light earth material
- Mixing and storing light earth
- Formwork system
- Advantages of mesh formwork
- Formwork Ties, Tightening & Removal
- Strenght of bond between cob and light earth
- Use of falsework
- Blocking out openings & services
- Loading and compaction of cob
- Loading and compaction of light earth
- Surface preparation and finishing
- Building in Lintols
- Door & Window openings
- Connections with other materials
- Managing drying & shrinkage
- Integrating services
- Secondary fixings
- Finishes & aftercare
- What a designer needs to know
CobBauge Training Day 19.11.2022
- Session 1 – Introduction
- Session 2 – The science of CobBauge materials
- Session 3 – Norfolk Pilot Site Tour
- Session 4 – Building CobBauge
- Session 5 – Building CobBauge Discussion
- Session 6 – Normandy Pilot Site Tour
- Session 7 – Designing with CobBauge
- Session 8 – Tour of Plymouth Pilot Site
- Session 9 – Designing CobBauge Discussion