Cob Cottage

5 recommendations and reviews from 4 people

• Referral from July 10, 2013
  

  Courtney M. asked:

  Any good book recommendations other than The Hand Sculpted House? I'm trying to aim for cob. I have a stable building book for reference but am not so interested in that. (I live in central FL)

  

  Kate L. replied:

  Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley, two of the three authors of The Hand-Sculpted House, have a website at http://www.cobcottage.com/ with their workshop schedule, lots of pictures of cob buildings, and additional contact information.

  

  Oliver S. replied:

  Gerald Ianto isn't on Facebook or as Cob Cottage

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• Referral from April 11, 2013
  

  Shawn W. asked:

  I thank you for accepting me! I saw a Cobb home a few days ago and fell in love. As parents of 6 my husband and I try to be as Eco friendly as we can. We want to take it a step further and build naturally. WE NEED HELP! Please direct me to who can get us started. We were looking for a home to purchase, so this is the right time for us to discover natural building. We're willing to relocate if need be. We're currently in Florida. Thanks!

  

  Chris M. replied:

  The Hand Sculpted House (buy a copy from the author at www.cobcottage.com) or get it from the library. Also look at Becky Bee's Cobbers Companion

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• Referral from January 27, 2012
  

  Jane S. asked:

  Ok natural homes people - I'd like some advice. I'm just about to do a reprint of my little book 'Cob Buildings - A Practical Guide' written with Jill Smallcombe in about 2004 (reprinted 2005 & 2007). I'm in the process of updating the the 'useful people & organisations' section and would like to include some really good websites that are genuinely helpful, practical and inspiring. Would anyone like to make some suggestions? I'm looking for more than just glamorous photos without much detail (though of course it is lovely to be inspired!) and the info needs to be appropriate to the UK climate (ie must cope with rain, freezing etc) but international sites are welcome as long as translation into English is possible.

  

  PermaLot N. replied:

  http://small-scale.net/yearofmud/ http://cobworkshops.org/ http://ilovecob.com/ www.cobcottage.com http://www.cobprojects.info/ http://beckybee.net/ And; http://mudbandits.blogspot.com in Ireland...

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• Referral from August 10, 2013
  

  Jennifer G. asked:

  I've been looking everywhere to see if anyone near Austin, Tx knows how to build Cob. Does anyone have a contact they can refer me to?

  

  Oliver S. replied:

  The best conversion rate from enthusiast to teacher is with Ianto at www.cobcottage.com

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