Photos logs of cob earth, waddle and daub and earth bricks - St Juvat May 2014

1. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Photos log
This demonstration action takes place on demonstration workshops
Demonstration workshops description:
Location: Rural city of St Juvat (22)
Communal greenhouses
Summary description: Understanding the construction of cob wall, wattle and daub partition and
manufacture of compressed earth bricks.
General Condition:
Base to accommodate to cob wall
Untreated wood frame wall – the aim is to become dry toilets
Earth brick drying pallet
Work :
Realisation of a 60cm high cob lift
Make earth bricks
Make an untreated wood frame (douglas) and fill it with wattle and daub (earth and straw) with untreated
lathes (sweet chesnut)

2. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Prepare the base location for wood frame

3. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Laying the lower leveled strip « airtightness »
Assembly of the wood frame (douglas)

4. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Fixing the wood frame

5. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
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Checking the perpendicularity

6. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Hanging the first lath
Making the mixture for wattle and daub – Local earth and straw
Filling the wood frame with wattle and daub

7. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Progressively hanging lath
Fixing the mixture with a slap, covering – Earth coating before finishing plaster

8. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Sifting the earth
Humidification of the earth for the bricks
Filling the bricks machine

9. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Demoulding of the manufactured earth bricks
Drop off the bricks on a pallet to dry them
Coarse screening of building earth

10. Cob, Earth Bricks, Wattle and Daub Demonstration
ST JUVAT MAY 2014
Making the mixture for the Cob lift– local earth and straw
Then cutting the mixture
Hanging the mixture with a fork
Cob mixing with feet