Margaret Krome-Lukens shows us the cob home being built by interns at North Carolina’s Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute. Since iher new home is less than 150 square feet, she talks about the joy of giving up stuff to move in.
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Modern hobbit house: a tiny cob home
camper could work too. i dont understand why tree huggers need to build so
much stuff
it’s more comfortable. it doesn’t need gas, electricity, AC or heating (or
not very much of it). the materials are natural and campers are made of all
kinds of synthetic things which are always leeching chemicals. in a place
like this you’d feel like you’re part of the land, and in a camper you’d
feel like you’re a foreign object.
Modern hobbit house: a tiny cob home
Luke, check this video out. Look at the woodwork that is incorporated in
the design. I thought of you when I watched this.
I love it! I would love to have one of these one day wherever I end up
living.
shirtless, how else are they going to show off their awesome hippie chest
hair?
Maybe because us treehuggers don’t like to waste gas, and energy (ie. money
from our pockets). I don’t understand why these idiot industrial heads pay
a fortune for housing and heating when the resolution is beneath their
stupid lazy feet. It’s not about hugging a tree, it’s about being
economical. SHEESH!
Outhouse, clayovens (clay ovens are freakin adorable)
I love it. I worry the roof isn’t pitched enough, given the rainfall levels
of NC. I know the walls won’t melt, but just the weight of all that rain
soaked in on the roof, I’d want it to shed water more than it looks like it
will. Otherwise,, I’m a huge fan, have wanted to build one of these for
years. Someday…
is there an update to this one?
Shouldnt you have added a fireplace and a door for winter? Other then that
it looks great.
Hobbit houses are quite big actually.
One of the first lines in The Hobbit, “…living in a hobbit hole, not a
dirty, murky or stinky hole, but a nice hole, with fine food and a warm
hearth…” Better title would be a cheap mushroom shaped home made from
trash and horseshit.
How can that stand-up against the weather? (i.e. rain & snow)
It looks kinda cute sitting where it is. But using horse shit in building
it sounds a little out there but apparently it does work.
It’s like ancient Egyptian houses.
What ? No TV or Internet ? Damn.
waitttt so what if it rains…?
you should do a follow up to see the hose with stuff in 😀 that will be
intresting
I love the roof
Intelligent people doing creative things.
*Fred watches this video* YABBA DABBA DOOOO!
Not as big as the Tardis. Now THAT would be an awesome home.
Hair? More like showing off abs.
Thisis actually one of the more cooler looking ones. Very back in time, but
still modern looking. Very interesting.
Really nice work.
If you are literally going to go that far down that road to where you build
a fucking build a cob house, then why not strip your clothes and go hunt
and skin some animal in order to make your own?
very cool!
exactly 😀
Where can I find people like this?
Horse manure in the clay? She’s literally living in a brick shit house.
nice!!! im going to mexico in 2 years and plannning on building one…and
grow my own fruits and smoke ganja 🙂
I had an idea tho have basicly four of these huilt around a central
fireplace
why so angry?
All around the world, 80% of houses in my country are made of clay.
All around the world, 80% of houses in my country are made of clay.
It would be great if they could mix up bitumen with kerosene to the mud
mortar and apply it all over the walls. It will provide a non-erodible and
water proof plastered surface.
In the U.S. this is extremely uncommon. I’d love to link up with people who
are thinking this way.
Yeah, People prefer cement and wood though they can save a lot of money if
they can use clay instead and it would be fun to learn how things actually
work.
If you look like those guys or better shirtless is preferable.
You probably never did manual labor in our life..Especially in a closed
room.?
Nice!
So is it just clay or is there dirt in it too? In other words, do you have
to separate the clay from the dirt in order for it to work right? I have
been trying to get into cob building and that little detail seems to get
overlooked. Thanks!
I understand living small, but these people are just a bunch of goddamm
hippies
@imaoguy100 you should learn the definition of a hippie and the history
before you call people who obviously aren’t hippies…hippies!
Sweet home! It’s quite warm and welcoming
how do you prevent leaks and dry rot in the roof and ceiling?
what about cooking in there?
Neat little house and I really like the idea but… where is the bathroom?
What is going to be done about cooking?
Well I guess if you live in Fort Stinking Desert it would work fine,I live
in Oregon.Hey that dog just took a shit,smear it on the walls!lol!
Shut up hippie!!
I am going to build a small one for my cat! later in a few years I will
build my own house!
CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where can I find a couple of young men to help this old woman build her
earthbag house in New Mexico?
art 😎
The interviewster is intelligent 🙂 I love women (L)
no shower, you dirty hippie?
Speaking of water, on the next build you should incorporate a way to
collect the water off the roof into a cistern. Of course, you would also
need a water purification system in order to safely use the water.
At 1:16 I noticed a bunch of “tubes” on the ceiling rafters. What are they?
In fact you are a dirty hippie