Sunday 15 December 2013
We were reluctant to waste any of Jonathan's valuable help, so our day of rest again didn't happen, as we kept going with the first course of bales, perfecting the splitting technique, and more importantly measuring the short-bale gap appropriately. It turns out best if one knocks off about 7-8 centimetres of the gap width from the part-bale, then it goes into the space without distorting. Any remaining gap can then be stuffed with loose straw.
Well! Have you ever felt that the walls were closing in around you? It's very strange having even one bale height of wall around the music room. The house is going to feel very dark at first after our all round panoramic walls.
We were reluctant to waste any of Jonathan's valuable help, so our day of rest again didn't happen, as we kept going with the first course of bales, perfecting the splitting technique, and more importantly measuring the short-bale gap appropriately. It turns out best if one knocks off about 7-8 centimetres of the gap width from the part-bale, then it goes into the space without distorting. Any remaining gap can then be stuffed with loose straw.
Well! Have you ever felt that the walls were closing in around you? It's very strange having even one bale height of wall around the music room. The house is going to feel very dark at first after our all round panoramic walls.
Inside, the wall has doubled in height!
Outside, the bales look very sharp and neat, even at the corner., but the wall below has been spattered with clay slip. We found that painting them in situ was too messy, so we shifted to a slip-painting station. When we were really efficient we did four bales and let them dry while we had a tea-break.
Dave at work at the painting station
By the end of the day, we had completed the circuit of the music room, as far as the door. I wrapped the built bales in tarps before remembering to take the photo, but was far too tired to take them off again for a photo call.
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