Starting to work on the back of the house, we are retrofitting our old dining room. It will be turned into a study/guest bedroom/second living room.
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| As you can see this used to be our shed and outside toilet |
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| toilet removed |
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| Our dining room is now just a frame |
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| Our dining room sans walls |
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re-using lathes for battens for the hemp to lock around
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| Our ebay double glazed window has been installed |
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| All the lathes and plaster removed |
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| Taking photos with the tape measure has been an important step in retracing what we have done |
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| The hempcreting has begun |
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| Membrane to create an air gap to the bathroom wall |
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| Grant setting up the formwork against the bathroom wall |
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| Conduit to protect electrical wires from the hempcrete |
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| The completed outside wall |
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| linking the old house to the new, with the out hemp link |
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We have made a lot of measurements so we can look back at wall detail for things such as electrical wires and battens (in this case for book shelves
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| When working with an old house you end up finding all sorts of things, including some ancient termite eaten bearers, no wonder the floor was spongey! |
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| Moving up the wall |
