A wonderful booklet about how to care for a cob house or barn, included is a handy guide that can clearly inform you about the right materials and methods for when you are building in cob. This booklet includes how to plan and how to carry out the effective and environmentally friendly work.
Includes photographs, line drawings and plans. Advice on choosing soils with easy to use 'rules'. The purpose of this booklet is to make the care and maintenance of earth buildings far easier to understand.
A must read if you are building or renovating
Unfortunately the book doesn't come with a team of helpers to carry out the work.
Customer also brought the Lime in building, practical guide by Jane Schofield, which gives an in-depth guide to lime materials and methods if you feel like learning a bit more about the traditional practice.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Author(s): Jane Schofield & Jill Smallcombe
Publication Date: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012
ISBN Number: 0 9524341 5 6
Condition: New
Dimensions: 20.2 x 14.6 x 0.4 cm
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: Black Dog Press
Title: Cob Buildings - A Practical Guide