Edwards Cob Eco BuildingsSustainable Cob DesignWhat can Edwards Cob & Eco Building do for you?
- We can design, plan and construct you a cob house, wall, garden studio, extension, office, bench, spiral staircase, or anything else you can imagine. There are few limits with cob
- We can teach you how to build with cob yourself. We run Courses on how to build your own house or studio from cob and we also run courses on how to build your own pizza oven from cob.
- We can also do a combination of the above. Where perhaps we do the more technical parts of your project like the foundations, the roof and help you to build the walls. Then you can add your own personalised features.
What is Cob?
Cob is a mixture of clay, sand, straw and water. For thousands of years it has been used as a strong, enduring, eco-friendly, replenishable and versatile building material. Old cob houses scattered throughout East Anglia, especially Norfolk and Suffolk and are still standing strong.
Edwards Eco Building is continuing this traditional and beautiful method of construction with a contemporary twist - see our projects at our Gallery page. As they say, it's the old ideas that are the best!
Why choose Cob?
- It is load-bearing and extremely strong
- It is cheap to build
- It can be sculpted into almost any shape
- It looks fantastic!
- It is extremely environmentally friendly
- I has almost zero embodied energy
- Cob houses are refreshingly cool in the summer
- Cob houses are economical and need very little heating in the winter, thus reducing heating bills dramatically
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