Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof.
Cob house roof construction.
Using the same mix as cob the cmb s are made on the construction site itself.
Cover the pipe with screen.
Set the foundation for your cob house.
To make vents in the cob walls bury a three inch pipe running through the cob.
The top and bottom of this space need to be vented out of the roof through the cob walls.
A cob home has a lot of benefits the one down side is that it s very labor intensive and takes a good while.
Since you aren t using a linear building material like lumber many cob homes are made with curves bumps and flowing lines.
The roof can be constructed the same way and many are made with a flowing roof.
Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded.
Building the living roof.
Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs.
The staircase and parapet walls are made with the same blocks placed on their 4 inch edge put together with mud lime mortar.
Some are built with moss in the roof and some with a tarp type fabric for more of a teepee effect.