Building a Cobwood Roundhouse in Cornwall

A group build a cobwood, turf-covered roundhouse at Plan-It Earth Centre, Sancreed, Penzance, Cornwall, England. Led by Tony Wrench over a three week course Sept-Oct 2011. Slide show of the main stages of construction.

[@TonyWrench11]

Yo gracilis121. It is a Greek tune called Misirlou. Thanks for your comments. Good luck with your roundhouse.

[@1vengo]

Great work!! Great house, music, mood and wood ))

[@AnandaLunaBlue]

such a wonderful house! l wish to meet you all! great people working together! the best to you friends!

[@toshowen]

Brilliant! Good work Tony. Sorry I've been so lame. Phone line down, really busy, blah blah blah= Slacker. All the best to all and looking forward to next time! Tom (csaw)

[@ryandean360]

wow thats so awesonme, it looks hard as hell to get the roof done right though

[@Svetovidijak]

how to prevent rotting piers coat them with what?. Can I use bitumen?

[@neilarmstrong3965]

Hi, neat place! I have to aske though what is the idea behind burning the base poles does the chrrring create a protective film to prevent rotting or ?

[@abigailf3549]

👍 just for the music, the vid was good as well.

[@123perroperro]

dios no puedo ni imaginar cuantos arboles talados para hacer eso !!!!

[@djohnsonmusic]

What is the music?

[@Svetovidijak]

thanks's

[@ariesluhman]

love it :)

[@btblou]

Inspiring, beautiful... love it! We have so much council red tape here in Australia I doubt we could get away with such an unconventional build... should be allowed to build what you want on your own property I reckon, bloody bureaucrats : (

[@manuelgoncalves6316]

btblou i

[@gourleygirldebbie]

Seeing this for the first time and really want to watch again. It is just beautiful and soul touching. it makes my heart smile. 👍💜

[@TonyWrench11]

Si, perroperro, pero las casas construidas en madera tienen carbon para muchos anos, pues estan una solucion. Tambien hay arboles en esta sasa que crecen todavia. Mira mi video 'Coppicing'.

[@TonyWrench11]

This roundhouse now has a wooden door and fancy glass skylight. Thanks for offers to subscribe etc but I won't do anything about them. In time I get to answer questions on technical stuff, or you could visit my website thatroundhouse.info for more info. Tony.

[@TonyWrench11]

Yes bitumen is good. We have a keg of it . We break bits off and melt them in a pan and paint it on before it sets again. The other thing to do is make your henge frm arches with diagonal bracing built in, then stand the posts on stone blocks. It is the more modern method ( since the middle ages).

[@RomaRingo]

Умные люди, хочу таких друзей чтобы вместе построить мне такой дом!

[@craziesthorse]

how did you mill the wood ? was there enough straight timbers ? Or did you import them

[@Tyranowulf]

Hi, I'm curious about the spiral rafter layout: I would have thought that having all the beams meet at a single point and lean against each other, rather than a spiral where i'd expect support to be relying on a shearing join between the beams. So my question is; Is there any structural advantage to the spiralling of the rafters or is it just a simple (and aesthetic) answer to wanting a hole in the top of the roof for light or smoke one way or the other? Great build btw :)

[@koendebelie197]

is it possible to make a reciprocal roof frame over a rectangular structure? i tried to make a scale model work, but with each piece of wood I add, it just gets higher and higher ! I tried different approaches, but nothing seems to work. Suggestions, anybody?

[@GeekElement]

Hey!! Your video is very inspirational :) I would love to build one in New-Brunswick, Canada. I wonder how this would hold against our winters....I was also wondering, is there any books that would teach me how to build this kind of house step by step??? Thank you!

[@howardfortyfive9676]

That was too cool and a half. Some of those logs looked unskinned. Gotta skin em or you'll have bugs. Good vid.

[@taniaploumi7634]

Great job!!!! and fantastic music choice :)

[@lailakhelouda5971]

agreed beautiful are there communities like this

[@kirakirakira06]

how is possible to take a course like this? where I can find some news? I'm really interested and Tony...is becoming my hero!!!

[@41219834121983]

nice work, i`ll do that in the next spring. Also... anybody knows who is singing this song? very nice version

[@GaurawY]

How does it look now mate? Looks so beautiful.

[@MarcoLLucas]

hello! Great job there. How do you protect the wood,? You burn it a litle bit, and what else you do? I will need that tip for i am ging to construct to. Many thanks in advance!

[@TonyWrench11]

Paint the ends of the posts with molten Swedish pitch.

[@Roadkill3120]

0:39 Watch out Toni, he's got a Lightsaber!!

[@rawmark]

Is the purpose of burning the ends to allow you to use the wood immediately after it's cut rather than waiting for it to dry?

[@RickBrowntrombonist]

Mark Gailmor - Burning the ends is a way of waterproofing the wood before burying the ends. Thick plastic bags would also work.

[@willn2292]

tres belle réalisation bravo

[@pelementmaker]

beautiful house, my dream is to buy a piece of land and build myself something similar to this.

[@btblou]

1:58 chemtrail?

[@fartunique]

Was the supports you used for the frame, Oak?