Picture Gallery - Cob Courtyard Construction

Most of these pictures were taken by Georgie Donais summer 2005

Trenching

• Getting Organized
• The First Dig
• More Tamping And Digging
• Refinements To The Dig
• Testing The Drainage
• Protecting The Dig
• Lining The Trench, And Gravelling
• Adding The Drain Pipe
• Finishing The Drainage Well
• Filling The Trench With Gravel
• Covering The Trench With Broken Concrete, Part I
• Covering The Trench With Broken Concrete, Part II

Foundation

• Building The Foundation, Part I
• Building The Foundation, Part II

Wall Construction I

• Making Cob, A Test
• Making A Lot Of Cob
• Laying The First Cob
• Laying More Cob, And Installing The Firepit Crane
• Hunkering Down I
• Hunkering Down II, And The Fireplace Base
• Hunkering Down III
• Roughing In The Plumbing, And The Fireplace Wall
• Finish Roughing In The Plumbing
• Finish Roughing in The Fireplace
• Rough In The Electrical And Start A Window Frame

Wall Construction II

• Giving The Wall Shape, Part I
• Giving The Wall Shape, Part II
• Adding Bits And Pieces
• More Building, More Details I
• More Building, More Details II
• More Building, More Details III
• The Mosaic Team Does Some Recon
• A Cobber's Pictures
• The Final Cobbing Push - Details I
• The Final Cobbing Push - Details II
• The Final Cobbing Push - Carpentry & Windows
• The Final Cobbing Push - The Fireplace
• The Final Cobbing Push - Kids
• Cobbing The Home Stretch I, and Shingles

Finishing

• Cobbing The Home Stretch II, and Fireplace Plastering
• Cobbing The Home Stretch III, and Window Forming
• Cobbing The Home Stretch IV, City TV, Counters, Roof
• Plastering I, and Counter Mosaics
• Plastering II
• Plastering III, And Wall Mosaics
• Wall Mosaics, And Carpentry
• Wall Mosaics, And Testing Out The Sinks
• Finalizing The Wall, I
• Finalizing The Wall, II
• Finalizing The Wall, III

Celebration

• Celebration, September 23, 2005