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COBBERS DELIGHT
Sustainable, Artistic, Functional. |
What is Cob?Completely unrelated to corn; Cob is a mixture of clay soil as the binder, straw for its tensile strength and aggregate for volume & compressive capabilities. The soil beneath our feet is one of the most versatile natural building materials that has been used for hundreds of years. As far back as the 13th century in Wales and Southwestern England because of their sandy clay subsoil. Creating exquisite curvilinear lines inspired by nature to bring warmth to any naturally built home. In doing our part with lowering the carbon footprint, cob is traditionally mixed by foot on tarps and uses very little electricity during construction.
While aspiring for a better future Cob is Sustainable, Non-toxic, 100% reusable, has great thermal mass, humidity regulating, fireproof, mold resistant, sound insulating, EMF blocking, and community building. |
Who Am I?My name is Chad Franco and I build things out of earth and recycled materials. After spending 2017 taking numerous natural building workshops abroad, I wanted to bring that I learned to my native home of the central coast. If you have space to beautify with some bench seating, garden walls, or an earthen pizza oven; we can build it using local materials.
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