Putting A Roof On A Cob House

The roof can be constructed the same way and many are made with a flowing.

Putting a roof on a cob house. Windows and doors in a cob house. Many cob homes are made with curves bumps and flowing lines. I m 6 mths into the build todate and am almost ready to do the walls so i cant wait to put into practise what you have shown me. The main approach here is to have a solid timber act as the header for the span of the top of the window or door.

For a first time builder a yurt style roof like cyric30 suggested would probably be easiest. Cob house construction is an ancient building technique using lumps of earth mixed with sand straw and water. From sod to straw wool to wood there are a variety of roof insulation options for cob houses. You would place a bond beam at the top of the cob wall ideally concrete and rebar or alternatively airplane cable connecting all the members of the roof in one big circle they way the roof is designed is to act in compression while exerting force on the bond beam which will act in tension.

Abobe cob construction will feature prominently along with alot of old timber my place is named bedrock after the flintstones. It will comprise of 6 dwellings and the main house which is 2 storey will be 80 cob. You can absolutely have windows and doors in a cob house.