Rubble trench foundation for a Cob Building

Learn all the skills!
Take a workshop:
www.housealive.org
Or start by getting our book "House of Earth":
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/153064...

[@judyallen1533]

Very helpful..In fact the most helpful vid I've seen on this so far

[@mb19842002]

Thank you, I've read about this but wanted to see it done.

[@fishmut]

Awesome video , absolutely loved the music to , thank you for sharing with us the knowledge to make a drainage system for a cob home or any home really . 👍

[@wearenaturew.a.n6063]

Wow keep up the good work 🙏❤️

[@AVINJHN]

This change my life 😌

[@HouseAlive]

this was in North Eastern India, on the border with Bhutan.

[@peopleiknow2896]

Cool. I was actually just travelling in that area. Was this in Arunachal Pradesh, or Assam?

[@harvdog5669]

When are we going to ACTUALLY SEE a full video of the first half of the building process ?? 5 or 10 minutes is a joke..

[@howtowithhank4791]

great video, in what part of the world is this home being built? (was wondering about the climate range of cob buildings)

[@angeldeluz1398]

can I use garbage bags to protect the ditch ??? or a geotextile ???

[@deaet]

Loved watching this again. We are just now starting our first dig for a rubble Trench. Your Workshop was wonderful thank you so much we've learned so much.

[@MariaHernandez-cl7me]

dont forget to make a video please

[@1voluntaryist]

"...learned so much."?? You made me go back and watch again. Nope! Still nothing I could use.

[@deaet]

@@1voluntaryist we have taken his 10 day on his workshop. I was referring to the knowledge from that experience. I was able to understand the video regardless. We have successfully put up two cob structures so far as a result.

[@1voluntaryist]

@@deaet Oh. Well, of course you understand the video. You have completed his long workshop. I completed a 3-day weekend workshop on rammed earth construction in '85 taught by David Easton (the guru of rammed earth) and I can watch today's videos by novices and comment with many corrections. There's nothing like being there in person.

[@junkremovers5825]

would this work in a very cold climate such as northern ontario canada?

[@suriyadunya9994]

What is the blue sheet? And the purpose?

[@ralphtepedino2004]

Name of the song?

[@howdychick30]

Quick question... When you dug the exit trench.... Where is the water supposed to run to? Where's its destination?

[@DGDG0000000]

This depend of the geographic local situation. It can be an other rain trench evacuation, a river, the sea, the permeable soil vegetals who use and give back later, but most of the time it is the soil who will absorb the water and this water will go back under the ground inside some deep cavities or caves. The cycle of the water, all around the world show the the quantity of final water is the same, she travel from underground to sky (condensation), and fall down back, etc...

[@mb19842002]

It could go to a drywell if the site is flat.

[@irshad82able]

Please guide me I want to build a cob house but my area is rainy

[@ger150980]

In Ireland, one of the rainiest places on earth cob building is very common so I'm sure you can do it

[@1voluntaryist]

Volunteers should have been advised to wear gloves and have face masks available in case of wind. How was the trench sized & graded (dimensions)?

[@robertd6925]

I've seen some useless videos. But this is right up at the top of the useless scale.

[@solarityfarm]

I've seen some useless comments. But this is right up at the top of the useless scale.

[@taad1234]

You took an interesting subject matter and made it unwatchable.

[@AAAAAAAAA234]

Lmao

[@Wornout1]

What a stupid thing to say