We are building our own home. A safe, environmentally and people friendly home. A home that won't force us to have a 30 year mortgage, a home that will last loner than our lifetime, a home that is uniquely ours and made by our own hands and with the dirt under our feet. We are building a cob house. A house made of clay,sand,and straw.
We started last fall and became stuck without being able to move forward while we were digging for water lines, by an approximate 14+ft. X 5ft rock, at least a foot or more in depth. We weren't going to be able to get if out by ourselves. We are trying to use little machinary (it's just noisy) but had to get some help. With our dirt mover guy, who actually does "get" what we are doing, we were able to get the rock out, get the water and septic lines in, move all our cob dirt to mostly one area, and lay our 6 inches of sub floor. Really saving us months of work trying to do all by hand!
Just within the last week we have begun to mortar the first layer of foundation. We felt very incappable at first, but we are getting it. It won't be the last time we feel inadequate, nor was it the first time, but I know in my heart this is something we were meant to do. Below is our progress this month, minus pics of our mortaring, I'll just save that for later. :) also just a pic of a pretty cob house, not what ours will look like, just pretty!
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| Evie was working on the foundation and found this "little" guy |
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| Our home site with sub floor in! Foundation being built with the rocks on our property. |
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| Cob Home Examples |
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| Just another example of beauty |
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