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Photos log hemp blocks and natural plasters - St Marc Le Blanc July-October 2013
1. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Photo log
Description of demonstration workshops :
Location : Rural town de St Marc Le Blanc 35
The House of Childhood
Brief description : Insulating the interior with natural materials
General condition :
Stone wall constructed with earth mortar
Participation of many trades for a complete rehabilitation and a conventional extension
Seismic and thermal regulation restrictions
Work :
Insulate the interior with hemp blocks – 15 cm north, 10 cm south
Make natural finishing plasters : earth, lime, hemp and lime-sand
2. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Before building rehabilitation
Dedicated space for network
3. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Wall before lime and hemp insulating mortar apply
Lay lime and hemp insulating mortar in the recesses
4. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
5. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Apply a lime and hemp roughcast before the finishing plaster
6. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Apply the prime coat with a roller before plasterboard and earth plaster
Moistening hemp blocks before lay the body coat
7. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Making the sieve for building earth
Colour chart of earth finishing coat (predetermined composition)
8. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Earth with a predetermined composition
Apply the lime-sand finishing coat over the roughcast
9. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Smoothing the lime-sand finishing coating
10. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Apply the earth finishing plaster over the earth body coat and roughcast
11. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
12. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Earth finishing coating during drying
13. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Shiv (woody core of hemp plant) and lime for a lime and hemp finishing coating
14. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Smoothing the lime and hemp finishing coating
15. Hemp blocks and natural plasters demonstration
ST MARC LE BLANC JULY TO OCTOBER 2013
Dehumidifier to make it drying equally