Eco-Sense Building Project - 2009
Eco-Sense Cob building project for 2009 - a 100ft2 building for cold storage
www.eco-sense.ca annandgord(at)eco-sense.ca
Project details: Four - 2 day workshops will be offered throughout the building season to learn hands on skills. We will focus on learning the materials, and methods to build a high quality earthen building in a very short period of time. Each workshop is limited to 6 participants to ensure individual attention and quality control as this building has to last our lifetime, our kids life time, their kids lifetime, and so on. This small out building does not require a permit and will be on a rock foundation with a carbon neutral tadalact plastered roof. (just like our shower stalls), and will be the first of its kind in the world... yes an experiment!. All students will receive full plans in autocad. This structure can easily be adapted to other structures such as small sleeping cabins, workshops, sheds, outside bathrooms, etc. Note that buildings over 100ft2 will need a building permit.
Prerequisite: Students must have gone on an Eco-Sense Public Tour (see schedule above). We are here to teach you: You are not here as our labour force. All participants will be required to sign our liability waiver.
Eco-Sense Cob 1 - (June 13-14 from 9am-4pm) - $200
Starting the wall building
- Learn the materials and how to mix with a rototiller - no foot mixing
- Foundation attachments and door frames
- Focus is on the hands on building to create a strong, beautiful, and functional building
- Place the earthen sub-floor
- Learn to build straight walls with minimal trimming
- Learn Eco-Sense wall building techniques and how to build quickly
- Gloves, tea/coffee will be provided.
- Bring a bag lunch and we can all sit together and chat at lunch time
Eco-Sense Cob 2 - (June 18-19 from 9am-4pm) - $200
Finishing the wall building
- Learn the materials and how to mix with a rototiller - no foot mixing
- Roof attachments and door frames
- Focus is on the hands on building to create a strong, beautiful, and functional building
- Learn to build straight walls with minimal trimming
- Learn Eco-Sense wall building techniques and how to build quickly
- Gloves, tea/coffee will be provided.
- Bring a bag lunch and we can all sit together and chat at lunch time
Eco-Sense Cob 3 - (July 11-12 from 9am-4pm) - $200
The roof
- Learn about roof framing and attachments on a cob building
- Starting the tadelact process on the roof
- - Materials, mixing and application
- - Tadelact burnishing
- - Final soap burnishing if time allows
- Mix materials and place the final earthen floor
- Gloves, tea/coffee will be provided
- Bring a bag lunch and we can all sit together and chat at lunch time
Eco-Sense Cob 4 - (July 25-26 from 9am-4pm) - $150
Plastering the walls - brown coat
- Learn about materials and mixing of earthen plasters
- Hands on fun for both inside and outside cob walls
- Experiment with different application techniques and tools
- Use natural pigments
- Discuss other plastering options for plywood and stick frame construction
- We may also do some lime pastering...maybe
- Bring a bag lunch and we can all sit together and chat at lunch time
