Cob: Re: Time and cost?

[Gregori]

I would love to drop by and help if I am in the area.... go for it!!!!!!



----- Original Message -----
From: Carla Kennedy <carlaevans at hotmail.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: Cob: Time and cost?


> Hi all.
>
> I've been studying cob for the past 6 months or so, and reading your list
> with great interest.  I am thoroughly enamored of the idea of building
with
> cob, and will actually be on my little piece of land next summer.
(WAHOO!!)
>
> As my research becomes more focused, I realize that I do not know the
> answers to some of the deciding questions I have.
> Given the following conditions, I would like to know your best guesses on
> how long it would take to build a house and how much it might really cost.
>
> I am female and an inexperienced builder.  At the same time I am highly
> motivated, artistic, generally capable, and quite diligent with my chosen
> projects.  I would be able to devote myself full-time to this endeavor.  I
> would have help on the weekends, perhaps an average of 3 people, sometimes
> many more.
>
> Construction would take place in Oklahoma, hopefully commencing by July.
I
> have access to a licensed architect and a seconds builder's warehouse,
along
> with a free-advice plumber and some relatives with construction expertise.
>
> I need/want a beginning structure that would include:
> kitchen
> small dining area
> 1 full bath  (probably composting toilet)
> living area
> fireplace
> 2 bedrooms
> office space
> laundry space (probably a mudroom)
>
> I would like to incorporate a greywater system, if cost is not
prohibitive.
> I'm thinking adobe floor, with tile for bathroom, kitchen, and mudroom.
> Perhaps living roof, again dependent on cost and further research.
>
> I would love to do this, but cannot afford years to build.  It may be that
> the right thing would be to put up some other structure to which I could
add
> with cob.
>
> Again the questions are:
> How long?
> How much?
>
> I appreciate any input, and sorry for such a lengthy post.
>
> Thanks!
> Carla
>
> PS... Would it work to put up internal cob walls in another kind of
> structure?  Any considerations of humidity?
>
>
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