Hi Ryan, Sorry for the tardy response. We have pumped earthen plaster mixes previously with our modified Thompson plaster piston pump. It also delivers clay...
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Solar bottle bulbs have gotten a lot of buzz this past fortnight. They are simply a 1.5l bottle filled with pure/distilled water and a couple of tablespoons of...
This is exactly the kind of "discussion" that detractors of green initiatives look for to dismiss the whole environmental movement. I live in Canada, where...
Some urethane sprayfoam companies use a soy-based product: http://www.envirofoaminsulation.comhttp://www.envirofoaminsulation.com/technical-foam-data.php This...
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Oct 2, 2011 6:44 pm
Hi Patricia, A quick reply to your good question around various bale building methods/styles. "Superiority" of course is qualitative and as such it may really ...
Hi Everyone, I'm just curious what products people are currently using for painting exterior cement plaster (not clay) walls. We used EcoHouse for the interior...
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Ben Polley
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Oct 4, 2011 12:20 pm
Hi Dean, While with some high-pigment ratio colours, we have seen that the EcoHouse silicate dispersion paint can be a little chalky, leading some of it to rub...
Ben, Would Eco House "Rain-Sil"; product finish a cement/lime exteriror plaster if you didn't really require a colour change? cj ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Ben Polley
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Oct 4, 2011 4:15 pm
Hi CJ, RainSil is effectively a silicate dispersion paint without the pigmentation - so it finishes clear. As such, yes it could suitably be used over...
Hi, We're going to start working on the bathroom in our house, and need to figure out how to tile the wall behind the tub. The long side of the tub/shower...
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Ben Polley
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Oct 18, 2011 1:26 pm
Hi Brian, We would ordinarily strap out the plastered bale wall over which we would then install cement-board/tile backer board to which the tiles would be...
Where would one find current methods of crack filling and joint sealing techniques? I need to seal the joints between drywall and plaster all through-out the...
I really like the load bearing design, I think it offeres the best option for owner/builders,....however, I don't trust the weather to last long enough to get...
I use 90 minute drywall compound and fibreglass mesh drywall tape. I've done all of the drywall to plaster joints this way and used the same method to repair...
I remember viewing this years ago. Thanks for the reminder. But my plaster walls are hand rubbed and I hope to paint them with milk paint which just flakes...
Hi, I hired a person from Camel's Back to come up for a day and show me how to patch (and to do some moisture testing with his fancy moisture metre). Since...
Don't get me wrong...I'm not suggesting that the method that I used is the right one. It worked for me and I'm happy with it. All I'm saying is that there is...
Agreed - getting cracks filled is the important part. Determining the BEST way to do it is better done with a pint in-hand after the cracks are sealed! This is...
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Ben Polley
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Oct 24, 2011 12:23 pm
Hi all, I think that Dean's description of Camel's Back's crackfill procedure is correct. We do much the same with only a couple of differences: * instad of a...
Thanks one and all for those responses. I have attempted a couple of crack fills and it hasn't been pretty. I imagine once painted they will show, but that's...
Hello practical-sbcers, anyone have a source for earth bag tubes in Ontario, preferably nearish Ottawa? I'm thinking of using them to support the vertical...
The Endeavour Centre is excited to be hosting a workshop on making and applying your own clay finish plasters on November 26-27. Clay finish plasters can be...
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Ben Polley
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Oct 31, 2011 5:53 pm
Hi Harry, Good to hear from you. I understand that your house is wonderful! I believe that Chris Magwood and Jen Feigen now of the Endeavour Centre in...
We used Farrow and Ball Estate Emulsion on all of our walls. It works very well over structolite and setting type drywall compound. Why do you think that milk...
We've been using non-sanded tile grout to fill small cracks and sanded tile grout to fill larger ones with great results. The grouts and the grouting tools are...
I was at a sb home where the folks had painted milk-paint over drywall and it just flaked off, but I don't know if the walls had been primed or not. They just...
