Cob House Roof Construction

Some are built with moss in the roof and some with a tarp type fabric for more of a teepee effect.

Cob house roof construction. Building the living roof. Cover the pipe with screen. A cob home has a lot of benefits the one down side is that it s very labor intensive and takes a good while. Set the foundation for your cob house.

Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof. The roof can be constructed the same way and many are made with a flowing roof. Unlike traditional houses which can got up very quickly cob is a slow process so be prepared. Since you aren t using a linear building material like lumber many cob homes are made with curves bumps and flowing lines.

Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded. The staircase and parapet walls are made with the same blocks placed on their 4 inch edge put together with mud lime mortar. Building a cob house. To make vents in the cob walls bury a three inch pipe running through the cob.

The top and bottom of this space need to be vented out of the roof through the cob walls.