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-# Cob building
+This topic is part of [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]].
+====== Cob building ======
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-## What is cob building?
+===== What is cob building? =====
 Cob is an ancient earth building technique using a combination of clayey subsoil, sand, straw and water. These materials are mixed together either manually, by stomping or dancing on the mix on tarpaulins, or with machinery. The mix is then formed into lumps or cobs and compressed together to form the walls of a building. The mix can also be compressed in moveable wooden forms into wet blocks, which are integrated into the wall. This is known as ‘box cob’. The cob building process is rather like building a giant clay pot.
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-There are many traditional, thatched cob cottages in England that are hundreds of years old, especially in the south-west.
+_There are many traditional, thatched cob cottages in England that are hundreds of years old, especially in the south-west._
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-Building a cob wall mud-pie style.
+_Building a cob wall mud-pie style._
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-## What are the benefits of cob building?
+===== What are the benefits of cob building? =====
 **Environmental benefits:**
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-Modern cob family home in Ireland.
+_Modern cob family home in Ireland._
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-Cob can be used to mould relaxing, natural, organic-looking interiors too.
+_Cob can be used to mould relaxing, natural, organic-looking interiors too._
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-## What can I do?
+===== What can I do? =====
 See resources: you can go on a practical course to introduce yourself to the material and the techniques to see if it is the right choice for you; and you can buy a book to get a bit more background information. Then, off you go. Here are a few things to think about.
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-Cob is a mixture of clayey soil, sand, water and straw.
+_Cob is a mixture of clayey soil, sand, water and straw._
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-The Yemeni city of Shibam – the world’s first skyscrapers, made from unfired clay.
+_The Yemeni city of Shibam – the world’s first skyscrapers, made from unfired clay._
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-Dancing to mix earth, sand and and straw on a tarp.
+_Dancing to mix earth, sand and and straw on a tarp._
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-When it comes to cob building, you’re limited only by your imagination.
+_When it comes to cob building, you’re limited only by your imagination._
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-## Further resources
+===== Forum =====
+This topic belongs to the section [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/buildings).
+===== Further resources =====
 - [Earth Building UK & Ireland](https://www.ebuki.co/)
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-## Specialists
+===== Related topics =====
+- [Wattle & daub](watd:wattle_and_daub)
+- [Planning permission](plan:planning)
+- [Rammed earth building](raeb:rammed_earth_building)
+- [Earth ovens](eaov:earth_ovens)
+- [Low-impact building](buil:building)
+- [Clay & earth plasters](clay:clay_plasters)
+- [Earthen floors](eafl:earthen_floors)
+- [Earthbag building](eabb:earthbag_building)
+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====