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Cob, cobb, or clom (in Wales) is a natural building material made from subsoil, water, fibrous organic material (typically straw), and sometimes lime. The contents of subsoil vary, and if it does not contain the right mixture, it can be modified with sand or clay.
- Building with Cob: How to Mix Cob. Let’s try to keep this basic and to the point. Cob is the simple combination of sand, clay, straw, and water. The proportions of these ingredients will greatly affect the strength, sculptability, and ease of use of this timeless natural building material.
- 2 Parts Sand. The sand you should look for is coarse, or “sharp” as some building suppliers will refer to it. What you’re after is sand that has a rough texture, not smooth and rounded like beach sand.
- 1 Part Clay. Clay will be different depending on where you dig it up. To see if you have a good quality clay, use this test to see if the subsoil you’ve sourced has a good clay content.
- Some Straw, Not Too Much Nor Too Little. I have never measured straw in any particular fashion. Straw is strictly “to taste”, and can be varied depending on what application you’re using the cob for.
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Jun 30, 2021 · A cob house is an earthen structure constructed out of a mixture of clay, sand, and straw. Unlike an adobe house, the cob house usually involves a much larger proportion of straw holding the...
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Dec 2, 2018 · Cob is basically clay, sand and usually straw mixed together to be used as a building material, kinda like bricks, but the advantage is that most of the materials can be sourced on site or purchased cheaply. Having the right ratio of these three ingredients will let you create a study mix.
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