Building a Cob House from Scratch | Natural Bamboo Walls | Panama-Style Mud Home

[@birchandsparrow]

It is great to finally see someone moving to Panama from abroad and actually befriending locals and becoming part of the community. Thank you for not being yet another person who just buys a condo in Coronado. haha Also, love the house! Can't wait to see how it comes together. My wife and I plan to build a cob home on our property here in Arkansas, USA and always appreciate getting inspired by the ideas others have!

[@turiyapanama]

This is by far the friendliest community I've ever been a part of! I love Panama and its people so much. I'm sure your cob home will be amazing, perfect for your climate! Best of luck on your project!!

[@Nancytoday]

What a great idea!

[@bilalazhar9979]

Thank you for another dose of meditation.

[@Nancytoday]

Oh this is wonderful!!

[@IlanaPerry]

So cool! Such a manual and beautiful process, loved seeing how they split the bamboo through the middle 😊

[@turiyapanama]

Yes!! Hard but rewarding work! I thought their technique for bamboo splitting was so smart!! 😊 happy you liked the video 🤗

[@kolyusik]

Thank you for sharing practical knowledge. I have only been able to save money for a land without construction. So your videos literally saving my life. Please kms on posting

[@turiyapanama]

So happy you love what I share! We had to save for a while as well before beginning construction. The good thing about natural homes is you can do them a little at a time. Best of luck with your project!

[@randybacurnay8089]

Wow this is very so interesting, Im building soon with my house with bamboo as well. thanks for sharing.

[@turiyapanama]

Best of luck on your project!! It is a lot of fun! 😊

[@peakflowtrader]

Illusions is such a great book

[@turiyapanama]

I loved it! Happy you did too

[@amicdaime3611]

You really inspired me. Thanks for all the work that you've been doing.

[@shrinivasgupta4634]

Medam please inform me about mixing of mud with avoiding of insects. Like bloodbugger.

[@turiyapanama]

Adding calcium hydroxide/lime helps to deter insects, as well as borax. However, a lime plaster base and finishing plaster is the best way!

[@OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt]

with a chop saw the bamboo can be cut to 18 to 24-in links and the chords can be laid directly in the Adobe horizontally. raised beds made of rock and Cellular concrete will wrap around all the homes making the best use of space growing essentials. Bamboo bales are not even on the seen yet Long bast hemp fibers will also be a useful fiber replacement for straw.

[@สมชาติมาครับ]

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[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Cool channel and just subscribed now! Good luck with your build! Very cool project... hello from Crestone, CO!

[@turiyapanama]

Thank you!! Love your channel as well!! Nice to connect 🙏

[@OwnerBuildersUnite]

Thanks!@@turiyapanama

[@aivy-aigeneratedmusic6370]

Thank you so much to take the time and create this beautiful and interesting video for us! :)

[@johnsavel5995]

Super, veru veru gud!!!

[@ANIMALIST07]

I'm so inspired in your art❤❤

[@turiyapanama]

Thank u !! 💓

[@BrianWood]

My house is over 100 years old and any kind of project you want to do definitely requires patience.

[@turiyapanama]

100% requires more patience!

[@drawingabyss]

I just learned about cob houses and they're so beautiful. I just bought land in OK, USA and was planning on building a brick house since Im in the heart of tornado valley. I want to build somwthing sturdy. But i love the way cob houses look. Its a building technique you dont see a lot around here. Do you know how they would hold up against heavy winds associated with tornados? I figured it must be compairable to brick, since they are both made of similar material, but of course, the way they formed and assembled are very different.

[@turiyapanama]

So happy to hear you are interested in cob! There are many ways to build them. Ones that are formed with sun-dried adobe bricks would not be recommended for high winds. I recommend a system with internal reinforcement. The bamboo cage we use is rooted into the ground and gives the cob something to grab onto. This technique is similar to what they call wattle and daub. So I would start researching there! The key with high winds will be internal reinforcement for the wall material and then also secure framing/pillars to support the roof. Our support pillars are buried 4 feet into the ground! Hope this helps!

[@drawingabyss]

@turiyapanama thank you for the information. I love to research stuff like this so I'm excited. Thanks for help on where to start!

[@Bakara_e46]

Do you have to treat the bamboo

[@StylosetPapier]

You embedded the bamboo posts into the earth, possibly exposing end-grain to moisture-wicking and rot. I wonder if that is happening.

[@Eliz2011abc]

This is lovely. But the untreated bamboo will rot over time and putting green bamboo directly into soil without any protection will hasten that. Coating the bottom of the bamboo with tar to protect it is a cost effective method. Murali-Rama house (The Vedic Way channel on KZbin) is the best natural build, using bamboo I've seen. He also explains how to treat the bamboo before use. There're other videos that show how to treat whole bamboo that's not being cut into strips. I've watched this video a lot 😊, it's one of my favorites.

[@turiyapanama]

Thank you for sharing! We did this first home as the locals have done it which uses a few different methods to help prolong it. I see many homes done this way that are over 200 years old in this region, which surprised me! First is cutting it during the menguante period (3 days before the new moon) which makes the bamboo drier and more resistant. And the type of bamboo is important. This is a bitter bamboo variety. With these two things, the homes here last lifetimes. However, I do think extra precautions and treatments like the ones you mention are great to incorporate in addition, such as borate treatment.

[@amarie3309]

@@turiyapanama so gracious and smart. Putting that MIT Harvard degree to good use

[@andreslommatzsch6548]

Gracias por estos videos. Mi esposa y yo los encontramos sumamente informativos en esta etapa de nuestra vida en la que decidimos construir nuestra casa natural. Nos ayudaria muchisimo si pudiesemos organizar una videollamada y conocerla. Necesitamos todo el conocimiento posible antes de emprender esta tarea. Le estariamos infinitamente agradecidos. Soy venezolano y mi esposa es trinitaria. Vivimos en la isla hermana, Tobago.

[@turiyapanama]

Mucho gusto! Gracias por su comentario y me alegra bastante que estan interesados en construir una casa de barro tambien. Hay mucho conocimiento sobre el tema. Este mes, estamos trabajando duro para terminar nuestra casa, pero me communican a mi correo electronico (lo veran en mi pagina web) Y programaramos una consultacion en los meses que vienen 👍

[@ashleylowe1083]

From the SE US, if we don’t have bamboo available would hardwood work? Would there be something I would need to do to prep other than let it dry out?

[@turiyapanama]

Yes! Termite resistant hardwood should work, without treatment! Cedar and teak are great

[@JoeRusso-z4p]

What do you do about termites?

[@turiyapanama]

@JoeRusso-z4p we use only the heart of cedar, mahogany, and corotu woods! Which I coat in Milk Paint's Half and Half blend for extra protection that's still natural

[@jadegreen1554]

Doesnt the bamboo rot or weevil/termite?

[@turiyapanama]

I would've thought so! But these homes last 200+ yrs! The variety of bamboo used is a green type (not guadua) and is cut during the 5 days before the new moon.

[@ramyarmany]

Here the roof looks low unlike what we saw on tiktok 🤔

[@turiyapanama]

This is actually an extension of the main part of the house that I built!

[@finnyc.260]

Listening to this with earbus is horrendous, im only hearing you voice in my left ear but the music is in both ears. Idk how youd fix that but please do for future videos😭 Okay so when it comes to the building video everything sounds normal in both ears so idk what's up.

[@turiyapanama]

Check my newer videos! I used adobe for this video but switched to a different editor afterwards

[@elettraflorenzi6455]

Il digiuno non va fatto tutti I giorni oppure non da benefici. Si deve proprio farlo all'inizio un giorno settimana e neanche lo stesso. Importantissimo è come lo si interrompe anche. Informati meglio la prossima volta.😊