Most commonly, cob blocks are pretty much a standard size – 450mmx225mmx100mm – mirroring concrete block dimensions. Here at Earth Blocks Ltd we too manufacture and supply standard-sized cob blocks and these have been a rather limited staple of availability for the practitioner over many years (including myself). Therefore, here at Earth Blocks Ltd we…
Cavity Cob Walling Traditionally, monolithic cob construction demonstrates ‘solid walling’ building techniques. Typically, 2′ thick at low-level and more often than not tapering toward the [internal] eaves at the final 2′ of wall. Here at Earth Blocks Ltd we are entering into a new era of cob wall construction with our unrivalled manufacturing processes and…
Soil Analysis Ideal soil contents Sub-soils used for the making of cob in Cornwall must contain several different elements to ensure a successful pre-manufacture, manufacture and cure. The graph above displays a typical combination of natural materials that is proven to be effective throughout these processes and is one of many reasons why Earth Blocks…
Raw Materials: Our entire cob block and cob brick range are made from 100% natural materials and boast no additives or hardeners. Barley straw, clayey sub-soil and water are the only ingredients necessary…and this recipe for un-fired earthen building mediums has been very much the same for 1000’s of years. There are local and geographical…
Rounded Cob Bricks Our unique rounded cob bricks have been developed for localised cob repairs, self-build projects and new build, to assist at the design stage of cob rebuilding or for cob new builds. We currently manufacture and supply two types of rounded cob brick: BK84R is a single-rounded cob brick with an 84mm radius.…
Cob repairs are oftentimes required to corners of cob buildings, particularly window and door reveals. These areas tend to be vulnerable to weather erosion and/or disruption. Many old cob buildings have had replacement windows and doors introduced at some stage, therefore it is inevitable that some disruption would have occurred. In addition, many cob walls…
The new Cobbee Brick takes us on a whole new journey here at Earth Blocks UK Ltd and we are “buzzing” about it. It is a totally different product to our usual Cob range and steers away from the architectural and historic building preservation that we pride ourselves on and leads us onto a new…
The development of our cob products continues as we near the end of 2020 – our first year of trading! Deciding to continue with the launch of Earth Blocks UK Ltd during such uncertain times was a brave one… but it has been well worth it. This year has been a great challenge for the…
Earth Blocks Ltd are the UK’s only manufacturers and suppliers of standard and shaped cob products. Launched in mid 2020 by The Cob Specialist our unique products are designed for cob wall repairs, cob wall rebuilds, cob new builds and architectural/ornamental design. Using 100% natural ingredients ALL of our cob block and cob brick range…
Earth Blocks Ltd are the UK’s only manufacturers and suppliers of standard and shaped cob products. These unique shaped cob blocks are ’rounded’ on one corner (Product Code – BL84R) and have been specifically designed by The Cob Specialist for cob repairs, cob rebuilds or cob new builds and are introduced into cob walling –…