cob eco building village - cobville tour 1 of 2

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Visting the all cob ecovillage "cobville" in coquille, oregon. Including the tour guide Ianto Evans, author of "The Hand Sculpted House" - home of the "cob cottage company". I have never seen so much cob before. Cob homes. Cob ovens. Standalone cob walls. Rocket mass heaters made from cob. Cob benches for sitting and cob workbenches. Cob art. Cob floors. Cob beds. This part of the tour shows off about eight cob homes and the second part shows about four more.

One eco building has a cob rumford fireplace that is clear to see. Another has a cob rumford fireplace - but the video does not show it clearly.

The video whizzes by a cob oven at one point.

Lots of green roofs.

There is a good example of a heat trap.

Permaculture courses are taught here.

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• cob
• house
• home
• cobville
• cottage
• eco
• ecovillage
• buildings
• archway
• sculpture
• green
• permaculture
• organic
• environment
• gardening
• plants

[ESUTERURE]

Wow I love these cob houses so earthy (giggle sorry couldn't resist) they remind me of houses that hobbit s elves and other woodland creatures would live in.

A great way to protect the environment by living in it.

How would one get electricity and how is insulation in these?

[paulwheaton12]

@ESUTERURE we talk about that sort of thing all the time in the forums at permies.com

[berrygrower]

I can't see where this cob goes on what?

Is it earth filled bags?

Straw bales

earth rammed tires?

Can you educate on what is the structure?

[paulwheaton12]

All of the walls are solid cob. We talk about this sort of thing all the time at the forums at permies

[tonio19]

Paul, thanks for the video. I have read Ianto's books and am very interested in this topic. But "PLEASE": Hold the darn camera still and no more walking (bounce,bounce, vertigo, bounce) and filming. Think oil and water... they do not mix well. Great topic, great effort, very poor result due to camera skills. By all means share this knowledge, please, and thank you in advance. Practice with your camera before you post another video like this. Pan "Slowly", move, then stop and film.

[paulwheaton12]

I have a new camera and have gotten much better. Have you seen my "500 hot showers" video?

[patamaracillo]

i'm not sure it's made of the same thing... but they have very old structures that are very similar to this in ukraine... the one i saw was near kiev... not sure you'd call their oven a "rocket mass heater," exactly... but it was built of something similar to cob...except white. i don't think they were white-washed... the walls were the same... and it had the same extended shelves/bench around the oven to warm the whole house. I think it was circa 1600's, maybe...

[seocom]

Yes this is a great way of life. I love those kind of structures

[robertwgardner]

@paulwheaton12

Zero-cost Steadicam!

Tack this on to the you tube address: /watch?v=T1aPbwcqquk

[timothyplumley]

Why don't they use hemp as in hempcrete, they could make solid structures and still have that earthy look, its a shame that a plant is illegal and we prescribe morphine all the time.anyways hemp for society

[TheLordGenerals]

I love this way of life, I'm currently pursuing knowledge like a wild man with the hopes to adopt a sustainable way of life... I have one niggle however. Why do all of these eco-villages look so third world? You can achieve a less... What is the word I'm looking for? Rustic? Redneckish, unfinished? Look. Some peoples spaces look like junk yards. I hope I can take all of the wisdom shared in these videos and apply it in a way which will let me live humbly, but cleanly too!

[illuminationclub]

WOW......IM IN LOVE.......this is where I want to go.....From my money pit from the 1920's.....Inefficient piece of garbage.....and oh yah....300k

[zekehooper]

I so want to build some structures like this..I love the garden wall!

[ESUTERURE]

@paulwheaton12 Oh alright.