Ty Pennington Gets a Lesson in Building with Cob (VIDEO)
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Ty Pennington, host of the outrageously popular ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover, recently took a trip through the UK to explore different home-building techniques. Luckily for us, he ran into Katy Bryce and Adam Weismann, authors of Building with Cob: A Step-by-Step Guide. In the video I’ve linked below, Adam—amid a circus of children, clay, and playground equipment—discusses with Ty the various benefits of building with cob. Ty gets it. He provides the following great quote.
“Wow. [It’s] interesting that something that comes from earth…soil…dirt, is actually more intelligent way to go than technology.”
Boom. Are you listening ABC? How about a new show…Extreme Home Greenover hosted by Katy Bryce and Adam Weismann. Rip down your toothpicks-wrapped-in-plastic-house! Put up cob! It’s got legs baby! Legs!
August 4th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Interesting you should post this, as my friends are getting a Home Makeover right now and are getting the greenest house ABC has built so far. I know they talked about geothermal, greywater systems, solar, wind, living roofs, and biodiesel. A local company is going to shred a good portion of the house and bring it back for mulch, as well. Not sure what other tricks they have up their sleeves, but I tried to push strawbale. Maybe Ty will lobby, too.