Sustainable Construction - Next Event

This Friday's lecture will be at 5pm!
Challenging concensus: energy, construction and the 'new materials'
Rowland Keable, Rammed Earth Enterprise CIC
www.rammed-earth.info

Timber Workshop Comments

What did you like (cordless drill crazy!) and didn't like (batons hitting you)??

Any suggestions for future workshops??

We should all go visit Charles's house to see his new hempcrete extension!

Timber Workshop Photos!

Timber Frame Builders and Designers Website

Check out the website of the guys who ran the Timber workshop.

www.greenheartuk.com

Timber Frame and Breathable Walls Workshop

We made timber frame external breathable wall panels! By breathable they mean the moisture can travel out but not in. The group split up into teams. The girls made a wall and the boys made a wall with a window (decided by rock, paper, scissors!). We fixed them together making a corner of a timber building. The secret of the breathable walls was the bitroc (waste wood pulp and bitumin panel). Order from outside to inside: cladding (cedar), batons, bitroc, timber frame studs, insulation (sheeps wool or recycled news paper), OSD panel, batons, plasterboard panel. Was fantastic!

Other interesting blogs...

rammedearth.blogspot.com (one my favourites)
sustainablehousing.blogspot.com (looks interesting)

Lime Centre Website

Check out:

www.thelimecentre.co.uk

Lime Construction Book

Bob recommended this book...it teaches you everything you need to know about building with lime!

Lime Workshop - Comments?

What was good (cake?) and bad (Llamas?) about the Lime Centre Workshop? How could it have been done better?

Sustainable Construction - next event

This week's workshop and lecture will be by Bill Flinn of Greenheart Design and Build.

www.greenheart.freeuk.com

Be there or be square :o)

Lime Centre - More Photos!

Lime Workshop 15th Feb 08

The lime workshop at the Lime Centre was fantastic! We made a brick wall with lime mortar and learnt the tricky technique of rendering with lime. Bob showed us how to make lime putty - mix previously fired lime with water and FIZZ BUBBLE lime putty! (then leave for 6 months before you can use it).

Bob also showed us his llamas and the straw bale llama house we all saw in the lecture.