Sunday, 31 October 2010
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Sunday, 17 October 2010
When we start the second coat of clay render, the mix is to include chopped straw to help bind the straw together and give it tensile strength. As part of our research into the best way to chop straw we tried a garden shredder. This did make a bit of difference but the straw wasn't as fine as we had hoped. Sending the straw through multiple times did not make a lot of difference.
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Before we can complete the clay render on the ground floor we need to put the ventilation and extract ducts through the external straw wall. We fashioned a 'homemade' cutting device out of a piece of steel 150mm duct (the same diameter as the ventilation duct we wanted to use) by cutting ferocious looking teeth in it!
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Monday, 11 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Day 179 - FF straw walls begun
We also started to paint the rafter feet, as these will be exposed. We decided on a silver grey oil (Dane Oil) as this will blend with the aluminium roof sheet they will be seen against. The idea of the aluminium roof sheet was to look quite agricultural as a contrast to the more uniform finished appearance the cedar cladding will have. We wanted the rafter feet to look more textured and rough, so they formed part of the roof aesthetic.
The walls are going to be built up with two courses of bales, then a ladder (which is then compressed and tied down), then another course of bales and another ladder (again compressed and tied down) and then a cut bale at the top. This follows the same principle as the ground floor, but is just one course of bales less.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Day 178 - all composite windows in!
The full height (opaque) stair window is now in! This window had to be made in two pieces, so unfortunately we ended up with a double frame in the middle.
This completes the installation of the composite windows and door. The aluminium sliding doors and front door are yet to be fitted (and might be a little while).
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Sunday, 3 October 2010
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