I've been dragging the chain a bit with publishing anything of late. This post shows the start of the main part of the house with the first coat of lime render. The other images show the 'brewery' getting the rendering treatment. We have used a breathable render that contains no cement or acrylic in the mix. This is to ensure that the hemp breathes. Have a look at these few photos. More to come...I mean it!
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As the sun sets it has turned out to be a wonderful start to
our house being rendered |
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Working on the brewery, a good place to start on our hempcrete
Mesh is used to reinforce the render, particular attention is paid
to areas around windows and doors to prevent cracking. |
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| Windows are covered so they are protected from the render |
Shelley, did you use the mesh reinforcing across all of the hemp walls that were rendered or just in particular spots?
ReplyDeleteHi Natalie, we did use the mesh reinforcing all over, we also used aluminium angles for the interior edges. Our renderer was happy to use mesh all over.
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