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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 693.22 EAN: 9781903998724 ISBN: 1903998727 Label: Green Books Manufacturer: Green Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: February 21, 2006 Publisher: Green Books Studio: Green Books Related Items:
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 Rating: - You can't read this book and not want to build with cob!I recommend this book very highly to anyone living in or thinking of building a cob home - easily readable but packed full of detailed instructions. Takes you from choosing a site through the design and build of a new project - I've started dreaming about this even though I got the book for information on tackling cob repairs and re-rendering. Well worth getting even if you're planning to get cob work done by professionals - arm yourself with the knowledge to prevent damaging mistakes such as the use of modern renders and acrylic based paints. I'd say buy the book - at the very least it looks good on your bookshelf and gets you outside playing in the mud! Rating: - This book renovated my house!This is a beautiful book with practical text and wonderfully clear and consise illustrations. I've bought a lot of books on Cob Building and this one really helped me the most. It really is a step-by-step guide on how to build with Cob. The photographs are brilliant, you can see in an instant what the authors are trying to say. I had a very old cob/mud cottage in Ireland and no idea how to re-build or repair the collapsing walls and this book showed me how. The builder borrowed my book so much, that I had to buy him a copy! We now call it 'The Bible'. Rating: - Cob really is exciting!This beautifully illustrated, supremely readable book is truly inspirational - but beware, it's so inspirational you may end up moving house just to find that well-drained site outside the city smokeless zone where you can pad about on your newly installed earthern floor and fire-up your bread oven. This book could change your life! Rating: - Cob in beautiful and pragmatic detailI am interested in sustainable building practices and wanted to explore cob as a viable, low-impact building option. This is by far the best guide out there. It offers a step-by-step approach to building a cob structure, with useful and beautiful illustrations and photographs. The writing style and philosophical approach of the authors to the practice is also quite inspiring. You feel like you've come across some great friends who want to work in common cause with you and lend a supportive word. Excellent resource for newcomers to sustainable building concepts as well in this regard. I highly recommend it. Rating: - An inspiring bookYou don't have to be a budding cob builder to take delight in this book, with its clear textual and diagrammatic explanations. It explains to the uninitiated exactly what is involved in this ancient, yet still highly relevant, craft - leaving you feeling that you could do it too, if you were so minded. That is the gift of teachers who really believe in their subject. The authors' obvious dedication to their chosen life-work is quite inspiring. So, regardless of the subject matter, it will encourage anyone who desires to be challenged to study their subject and put it into practice!  Try searching the Internet for "Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide" or Ebay for "Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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