Cobbing and rocket stove
8:30
Price: 100$ + tx
Objective:
Finish the back wall of the reception/general store which is an earthship style building. Currently, the wall is made of exposed tires filled with sand. This finishing detail will beautify the welcome area and bring us a step closer to finishing our earthship. We’ll be setting the base for PART 2 of this COB series by shaping out our exposed rocket stove bench.
What’s included:
2 nights of lodging (Friday night optional) in a shared cabin.
All meals and snacks Saturday
Breakfast and lunch Sunday
Vegetarian and homemade
The teacher: Elan
Saturday the 28th
8:30 Breakfast
10:00 Guided walking tour of Terra Perma
11:00 Classroom and discussion
Site selection and design (Passive Solar design principles and Earthship construction)
Materials and tools (traditional and modern cob building tool set and materials)
Drainage principles (Important: water can be cob’s worst enemy)
How to make cob, what is it and what is it used for?
Selecting and testing soils for cob
Building cob walls with integrated recycled materials
Introduction to mass rocket stoves and walk through of the one we are building
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Mixing and laying down cob +snack
17:30 Free time
18:30 Supper
Sunday the 29th
8:30 Breakfast
9:30 Mixing and laying cob
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Clean up and closing statements
16:00 Check-out/Free time
