Reflections on natural building in and out of the city
hi! love yer blog. I see you do a lot of plasterwork over straw/clay. I'm away to put a straw/clay infill into a sauna/shower/bucket loo building I've just built with timberframe and larch exterior cladding. It will be my first go at straw/clay but am concerned about earthen plastering over the timber frame. Do I need to put up lath to get it to stick to the wood? any tips would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
What we did was put polypropylene netting (used large onion bags) over any width of wood bigger than four inches. Ironically, we didn't get to plaster those spots, but I'm assuming that the netting would have worked fine. Can't prove it though. I think most people say that anything over four inches needs some help; some folks use glue with sand in it, or flour paste and sand, or burlap. I intend to try burlap with my next project; will tell you how it goes!
thanks. Yea, I wondered about dipping hessian in a soupy clayslip. I've got a big roll of it already so, seems a great idea if it will do it. But, Onion bag material is a great idea as well. I've got loads of these that used to hold daffodil bulbs so, I'll gie that a try. I just finished my first straw/clay panel and am quite pleased with it. I'll let you know how the plastering goes!thanks for the tips.
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hi! love yer blog. I see you do a lot of plasterwork over straw/clay. I'm away to put a straw/clay infill into a sauna/shower/bucket loo building I've just built with timberframe and larch exterior cladding. It will be my first go at straw/clay but am concerned about earthen plastering over the timber frame. Do I need to put up lath to get it to stick to the wood? any tips would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
What we did was put polypropylene netting (used large onion bags) over any width of wood bigger than four inches. Ironically, we didn't get to plaster those spots, but I'm assuming that the netting would have worked fine. Can't prove it though. I think most people say that anything over four inches needs some help; some folks use glue with sand in it, or flour paste and sand, or burlap. I intend to try burlap with my next project; will tell you how it goes!
thanks. Yea, I wondered about dipping hessian in a soupy clayslip. I've got a big roll of it already so, seems a great idea if it will do it. But, Onion bag material is a great idea as well. I've got loads of these that used to hold daffodil bulbs so, I'll gie that a try. I just finished my first straw/clay panel and am quite pleased with it. I'll let you know how the plastering goes!
thanks for the tips.
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