Practical information on natural building materials and techniques. Building a Door Stop for A Cob Oven. The lip gives you a stop for your door and helps prevent heat loss when the door is closed. Adobe Floor Basics - How to build a dirt cheap floor. Seems crazy, right? A dirt floor, of all things! Well, time for a perception shift. Adobe floor in a strawbale cottage in WV. Sketch of adobe floor layers.

October 12, 2011 by joellebrieanne. So much has happened since my last post. We were so excited about finishing the cellar that we just kept pushing to get more of the house done. Our summer was flooded with rain, so we lost a lot of building time. We picked one of the wettest seasons to build a cob house! After the cellar we started on the dry stacked foundation. Alexor working on the dry stacked foundation. Repeated over and over again! Thank you D.