28, 29 August
Working hard, we had a good bit of the west gable wall built when, all of a sudden, just as I was about to place a stone up to height next to the shower tray, I remembered that the plan included lathing and plastering behind where plasterboard will go. One more stone and we'd never get a hammer in. Wall production ground to a halt, and we swapped trades again.
I nailed on batons and laths, Dave cut rope fibres (reusing old rope ends from the boat - apparently if you can't easily get animal hair, polypropylene fibres will do the job - and it's better than binning them) and mixed our first batch of lime plaster. We both then had a go at lime plastering (this will be hidden inside the straw-clay wall, so it's a forgiving place to learn the techniques).
Working hard, we had a good bit of the west gable wall built when, all of a sudden, just as I was about to place a stone up to height next to the shower tray, I remembered that the plan included lathing and plastering behind where plasterboard will go. One more stone and we'd never get a hammer in. Wall production ground to a halt, and we swapped trades again.
I nailed on batons and laths, Dave cut rope fibres (reusing old rope ends from the boat - apparently if you can't easily get animal hair, polypropylene fibres will do the job - and it's better than binning them) and mixed our first batch of lime plaster. We both then had a go at lime plastering (this will be hidden inside the straw-clay wall, so it's a forgiving place to learn the techniques).
Broody hen out for a quick turn - having a mouthful of clay slip for refreshment.
Plaster oozing through the inside - a good sign.
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