Green Roof Cob House

A cob house in a true sense this one built by michael buck a 59 year old farmer and retired teacher is unique because no power tools were used in its making michael created this one room mud house over a span of eight months with a budget of just us 250.

Green roof cob house.

It is built with straw bale walls and limestone plaster log roof rafters an. For a first time builder a yurt style roof like cyric30 suggested would probably be easiest. This is just the beginning of the year and. Love the natural grass roof.

Don t miss other interesting tiny homes join our free tiny house newsletter for more. Video tour of an incredible underground hobbit home that is completely off grid. It s the mcdonald s kinderhilfe stiftung a guest house for the parents of seriously ill children in the nearby hospital in essen germany hundertwasser said when one creates green roofs the houses themselves become part of the landscape. Looks like a fun hair do.

A wee slice of scottish paradise. The cob house. Basically a green roof is a sort of rooftop garden. This hobbit house in wales was built in four months and cost about 4 600 in building materials.

A green roof can lower the temperature in your house improve local air quality and help add green space in urban areas where concrete is king. Fairytale cob cottage with green roof. Building the living roof. Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof.

I build cob as well as straw bale in texas just northwest of houston we are currently offering 2 workshops starting in march the first is a split 20 day workshop 10 day cob and 10 day straw bale crammed together and the second is a 10 day cobwood cordwood cob free standing bathroom in april. Cob building lends itself to incorporating salvaged and eclectic building materials. To create a green roof you lay down a waterproof barrier material for drainage a layer of soil and plants source. Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs.

Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded. Without having prior knowledge of making cob house he read some literature to embark on this project. It can also provide a nesting area for birds.