The walls are now complete and the ceilings have begun....

We finished our walls on the last day of May, so over the June long weekend we began to place the MgO boards to the ceiling. The mix used for insulation uses the lime, hemp and water. There is no sand and all that needs to be done is to place it on the MgO boards and rake it smooth to about 150mm deep. What is lovely about this is that is quicker than we thought...now that's a first! We will have a perfect seal between the ceiling insulation and the walls, oh the joy!  We haven't used any struts to hold up the ceiling and wet insulation as other hempers have done, so far so good.  When it has dried out it will be much lighter than it is now. Interestingly there has been a lot of condensation on the ceiling, even to the point that it drips along the board. I was going to show this condensation with a photo, unfortunately for the sake of the blog it has dried out, fortunately for us it has dried out.

The plaster lift isn't tall enough for our ceilings                       The first MgO boards are up!!

so we had to raise it by placing it on the black

formwork

Using hempcrete as insulation.

We use conduit for the electrical wires to protect them from the lime

Hemp insulation above the kitchen

Slightly confusing image of me, looking glamorous
in my thermals and limey top

Some of the equipment for the insulation works, protective gloves, silicone broom and light rake

Liz up in the ceiling placing the hemp insulation. We have made
great use of the pulley system, a must have for any hemp renovation

The ceiling in the kitchen is almost complete, we just need to
 complete inside the pantry.

We are probably a quarter of the way along the living room space,
it is really exciting how it is coming along.