Cob Bench

Designed to support a maximum weight of 800 lbs 363 kgs.

Cob bench. This little sitting area could probably seat about four or five people. The project was organized through an appropriate technology class engineering 305 at humboldt state university and served as a final project for mcauley. Known for quality and durability tuffstuff s evolution olympic bench cob 400 is a heavyweight flat press bench with a built in triple gun rack to allow multiple racking height options. The cob bench was constructed in the garden of arcata resident lisa jackson and is viewable from samoa blvd.

See more ideas about cob house earthship cob building. Donations go towards the purchase replacement or refurbishment and maintenance of a bench or picnic table and can include a commemorative plaque. The cob bed tapers into a bench that curves around the south and west walls. I did this bench in marin in just a few days and it is so satisfying to have the roof.

6 once the mix is ready you can start adding it to your bench. It might make for a nice place to sit and eat meals or play board games especially. You don t need that much straw for building a bench a cob house would require more straw in the mixture. The cob mortar should be 1 to 2 inches throughout the entire bench.

The contents of subsoil naturally vary and if it does not contain the right mixture it can be modified with sand or clay. Cob is fireproof resistant to seismic activity and uses low cost materials although it is very labour intensive. For the cob in the bench itself use the best materials you can afford cob made with a fill sand or bank sand may have a tendency to wear away and hang around your thermal mass as grit sand and dust clay but that is what your structural coat and finish coat are for any thing inside your bricks will not be a problem. Bellingham parks and recreation offers community members an opportunity to donate funds for a commemorative bench or picnic table.

The adjustable safety stoppers can easily be positioned to allow a full range of motion. More importantly it is a small scale test to see how these material hold up to the particulars of our climate. Styles vary by park in general choices include. The construction of a strawbale cob bench is a first step in experimenting with these now fairly commonplace natural building techniques.

I am very excited about this new design for a cob bench i have done. I ll get a table in there to make it more of an inviting hang out space. Cob cobb or clom in wales is a natural building material made from subsoil water fibrous organic material typically straw and sometimes lime. Park benches standard 1 200 specialty benches vary by park.

Characterized by cold wet winters with deep snow and long hot dry summers.