12 Month Budget Friendly Cob House Course
12 Month Budget Friendly Cob House Course
12 Month Budget Friendly Cob House Course. I’m getting pretty dang excited! Last week I purchased a This Cob House Course from Alex Sumerall who is the founder of This Cob House, LLC. It’s super affordable and a no brainier for anyone looking to do any natural building. I’ve been jamming through the first month of the course so I can feel more ready to get started and decide which project is best to begin with. It’s hard when there are so many things to do and I’m excited to start them all. lol
Probably what’s best is to start SUPER small and do the mail box. We have this hideous mailbox that is quite common here in Mississippi and in the south in general. It’s a mailbox post made of welded rims. To me it’s the dumbest looking thing ever. Although on a positive note it is STRONG! So, seems like the perfect thing to cover in cob and make pretty. And I doubt it would take very long.
So I think I finally found a feed store that has plain old straw. If you want to build with cob you can’t just use hay in it for the binding tensile strength. Apparently this material will begin to rot. I had a hard time finding the straw. It always seems to have a ton of bramble and thorny material in it also. Not rad.
Why a Tadelakt Bathroom?
We had another plumber come and give us an estimate on doing the plumbing for the hall bath. The first plumber was a flake. The second plumber wanted to put 3 guys on the job for 3 days and charge me $3,000! I’m no plumber, but I could do it in 3 days for $3,000 hahaha. SO NOT COOL! It became obvious he wasn’t and option. The 3rd plumber says he can do it in less than a day for $800 which includes all parts. And I liked him best also. If he does a great job I’ll leave his info here on my site.
I’m really hoping that the tadelakt bathroom will be our next “indoor” project. We will try and keep 2 projects going at the same time. One inside one outside. So when it’s nice out we’ll be out there and when it’s not we have something to do indoors.
I feel like this is the best solution for what bathrooms suffer from in the super humid south. There would be no seams that need caulking; that would inevitably mold. So having a fully tadelakt bathroom must be better than about any other option. If you don’t know what this is check out the site below for a better explanation. It’s written in broken English but has beautiful photos and great explanation.
https://tadelaktmarrakesh.com/tadelakt.php
Also check out my growing Pinterest board on Bathrooms here.
I mean just look at some of those gorgeous tadelakt bathrooms! I need to know how to do that. And I know I need help to feel confident enough to build a shower in the south with this humidity. Wish us luck! I think I have access now to all the knowledge I will need. But we would love to hear from you about your ideas!
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Cob House Course
Check out the 12 Month Budget Friendly Cob House Course. This course is so affordable there really is NOTHING to loose. You can pay for it all at once or make tiny monthly payments. Alex is an amazing wealth of knowledge. I watched his YouTube videos for year before I found his amazing cob course. There is 12 months worth of content here which really provides you with everything you need to get started plus a community to share with and ask questions of. Plus you can learn about tadelakt in this class!
Happy cobbing ya’ll!
May grace, mercy and peace be with you and yours,
~Rachel, Mississippi Mud Home