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125mm Cob Block – Corners

Building design often incorporates numerous 90 degree angles. Corners of the building itself, window and door openings and so on. The materials we use generally dictate the type of finish and overall aesthetic to a completed project. Commonly, most substrates require a plaster or a render, therefore the necessity to incorporate angle beading becomes greater.…

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Can I Build with Cob Blocks?

  Building with cob (and buildings of cob construction) still has its sceptics and one of the most common misconceptions of cob walling is ‘it’s built from mud, so it can’t possibly be strong enough’. Typically, this type of comment has come about from first-hand witnessing of cob walling in a state of failure. Cob…

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Cradle-to-Gate

CRADLE-TO-GATE INFORMATION (per product)   RAW MATERIAL (Source) Our raw materials (ie clayey soils) are sourced from large scale development sites and therefore have already been excavated. CO2e figures omitted.   RAW MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION (to our facility) Our raw materials (clayey soils) are loaded from stockpile to heavy transport at source and delivered to our…