1 OR 2 DAY INTENSIVE HANDS ON COB BUILDING COURSE

COURSES ARE SUSPENDED FOR NOW UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• Are you interested in natural building materials?

• Would you like to learn more about building a house from cob, earth/straw?

Now for a limited time we are hosting

COB BUILDING workshops 

in the heart of Slovakia - Banská Štiavnica.

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• We have put together an intensive hands on Cob Workshop, where you will learn everything you need to know about building with cob in 1 or 2 days - length your choice, week days or weekends.

Book your course now

+421 907 166 488 Katarina

or email:

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

During the course we will go through the entire building process from start to finish

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• Building regulations

• Purchasing suitable land

• Designing house with passive solar and energy saving in mind

• Cob as mass storing heat

• The main rules when building with cob

• Materials needed for building process

• Planning ahead for any future materials needed to be built into the walls

• Planning and building the roof

• Correct Cob mix ratio

• How to mix cob

• Foundations

• Drainage

• Stem wall

• Building the wall - different methods

• Walls load bearing or fillers

• Inserting window frames into the walls

• Clay plaster

• Clay floor

• Advantages and Disadvantages of cob

• Cob and other building materials

• Performance of our cob house during the summer and winter: heat-cold

• And much more

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MORE ABOUT THE COURSE

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• Duration of the course 1 or 2 days 

• Vegan food, snacks and refreshments included

• For 2 day course sleeping in tents on the land or room for extra 10 Eur-night per person in the village 2 min walk.

• Compost toilet

• Outdoor warm shower

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Contributions for the course:

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• 1 day course 100 Eur per person

• 2 day course 160 Eur per person

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Book your course now

+421 907 166 488 Katarina

or email:

Would you like to learn more about Permaculture, alternative gardening methods

and natural building materials from home?

You will find many different alternatives in our new book called NATURALLY RICHER.

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Cob building project for parents and children - step by step guide on how to build anything from cob - book HOW TO BUILD A PLAY HOUSE FROM COB