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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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-## What are the benefits of cob building?
+===== What are the benefits of cob building? =====
 **Environmental benefits:**
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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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-## 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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-## Related topics
+===== 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
+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====