We are now making some good progress with the back part of our old house. The kitchen and study area have had cladding put on. This area is going to become a bathroom and laundry. The links to our other retrofitting posts are
https://hempcretehome.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/retrofitting-original-house-with-hemp and
https://hempcretehome.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/retrofitting-internal-walls-and-ceiling
I feel like our renovation is suffering from the 80:20 rule. 80% complete and it takes 20% of the time, 20% to go takes 80% of the time.
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The left side is the laundry and the right side is the bathroom |
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The laundry and bathroom with the windows in and cladding on. |
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This is where we are going to build a bicycle shed. The wrought iron gates that can be seen were
bought second hand from Ebay,, a good way to reduce the need for buying something new. |
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Looking towards the back of the house. The back yard really needs an enormous amount of work. |
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This is looking into what used to be our dining room, it will become our study/guest room/
second living area |
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The same image but now hemp insulated and cladded (almost.
Another retrofit post showed the hemp. |
Hey Shelley.
ReplyDeleteI've started following your blog but not viewed for a while. I'm designing a new b uild out of hempcrete in Sydney.
Appreciate you sharing progress. Just wanted to let you know someone's getting something out of your blog. Thumbs up!
Thanks Amin, like I said in reply it is good that someone is finding it useful!!
DeleteHi Shelley,
ReplyDeleteLove your story.
Has given me ideas.
I used to work with Grant at Holden.
Glad to see him at work - real work.
Love to come and look at the finished product one day.
Phil Dunn (Kensington too)
Hi Philip, email me (not via this website) as I can only contact you publicly this way.
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