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Natural Building Cob Certification Course

June 3, 2023 ∞ 5:00 pm - June 24, 2023 ∞ 12:00 pm

$1890

This action-packed, hands-on/feet-on workshop is for adults who wish to begin their learning journey toward helping others realize their natural building dreams as part of a build crew or to supervise their own home build! Natural building is tough. Are you tougher? Find out during 21 days at Cob Hill Natural Building School, as Cat Taylor teaches the techniques and skills you will need to get from the foundation to the roofing system.

Hands on experience covering

  • site selection
  • home designing
  • passive solar
  • soil testing
  • foundations
    • dig a rubble trench
    • pier and beam
    • stack a stone stem wall (dry stacking)
  • cob building
  • bale cob
  • straw bale
  • palletable cob
  • timber framing
  • windows and doors
  • LSC – light straw clay insulation
  • roof designs
  • living roofs
  • roof sheathing
  • tree felling
  • log peeling
  • log milling (saw mill)
  • earthen plasters
  • Shou Sugi Ban(Japanese art of waterproofing wood)
  • Leading a team
  • Real time home build experience
  • class time
    • basic electric
    • basic plumbing
    • facts and myths in natural building
    • common mistakes in natural building
    • choosing build style
    • project planning
    • budgeting
    • acquiring materials
    • purchasing property and permits
    • correct placement of building
    • water catchment
    • composting toilets

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