Tag Archive: roofing

[ June 9, 2012 to June 17, 2012. ] This is one of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses and wrote the book on it too (The Hand Sculpted House)! In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with [...]

[ September 17, 2011 to September 25, 2011. September 17, 2011 to September 25, 2011. ] Start Date / End Date:: Sept 17th – 25th, 2011This is one of the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 years, we’ve taught almost 200 major cob courses. In 9 intensive days, we’ll cover in depth all aspects of cob and the many techniques of building with cob including [...]

[ September 10, 2011; ] 9a.m.- 6 p.m.
Join us for the last in a series of workshops to build “Querencia”, a strawbale/cob artist studio at Taproot Farm. A living roof is healthy and playful topping for our happy cottage.

A living roof, also called a green roof or a vegetated roof, describes a system that allows plants to [...]

[ June 12, 2011 to July 30, 2011. ] For the seventh straight year, House Alive! is offering an opportunity for people to get beyond the basics and experience an extended Natural Building apprenticeship. This popular, hands-on, intensive course is designed for people who want to use natural building skills in a professional context or who want to take extra time to work on [...]

[ October 10, 2010 to October 17, 2010. ] Building the Village of Hope
Natural building workshop
October 10-17 2010
Ecoart and the Ecological Institute of Greece invite you at Elpidochori village in Argolis, to experience a creative as well as educating week of community living focused on building using natural material. During this intensive workshop, we will focus on constructions made of straw bale and cob [...]

[ May 30, 2010 to June 4, 2010. ] Start Date / End Date:: 5/30/10-6/04-10Green roofs are gaining popularity for several reasons. They are super efficient at insulating a home. They also minimize our ecological footprint by retaining and filtering water before it reaches our rivers and streams. In this course, we will explore intensive and extensive green roof systems. We will discuss various [...]

[ September 12, 2010 to September 17, 2010. ] Start Date / End Date:: 9/12/10-9/17/10This class will provide a basic introduction to the use of slate as a roofing material. Students will visit a slate quarry for a first-hand look at how slate is removed from the ground, split and trimmed to size. Students will then discuss slate roof design, prepare the [...]

[ June 4, 2010 to June 6, 2010. ]

Equally as important for a house as the foundation is the roof. Get hands-on experience in installing a low-cost, living (green) roof.

The Friday night presentation will cover the basic concepts behind a green roof (pros and cons), as well as an introduction to design of the one we will be building over the weekend. We [...]