tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37346803803194574132024-03-14T02:55:33.637-04:00a cob "shed"building a tiny structure with cob, just becauseRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13169302459491824834noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734680380319457413.post-63632297855942407692015-07-04T10:41:00.001-04:002015-07-04T10:46:14.954-04:00Patrick Dougherty<p dir="ltr">Last week we <u>visited a natural building installation in reston Virginia. Pretty amazing what that guy can build with some sticks. </u></p>
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Our first workshop of the year was another great success. Folks from Pennsylvania, Virginia, DC, and even Michigan made the journey to help with our little Maryland mud hut. It was an awesome group and a fun time. Thanks to all. </div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13169302459491824834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734680380319457413.post-81185180468762913882015-06-24T09:03:00.001-04:002015-06-24T09:03:49.625-04:00Lime slaking<p dir="ltr">Lime is a great choice for plaster for earthen buildings because its breathable and more weatherproof than other natural plasters like clay or gypsum. After many many hours of research we purchased calcium hydroxide (caoh) in bags in pellet form. The process involves taking this material and adding it to water. This produces an exothermic reaction and its important to keep stirring it so that it doesn't explode. Once it has cooled it can be added to buckets for storage making sure that there is a layer of water on top because the lime putty will react with air and begin to turn back into lime stone. Fun process, but do your homework. </p>
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We choose a gable style roof for our little mud hut for several reasons but mainly because they will allow room for a loft and they are more simple to construct. The latter is important for us because we are not experienced builders and this is not an area to just slap something together. Lucky for us, Sarah's brother Collin is an experienced carpenter and he has helped so much. The value of experience and skill has become apparent to us. <br />
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I'm so excited about these beautiful beams our neighbor Luke of Sweet Farm milled for us. One is locust that was a freebie from a field in middletown and the other is from a walnut tree. Shocker, both from craigslist. So its been a ton of sanding to get them looking nice but totally worth it. <br />
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We liked the first one so much we decided to do it again. Old friends, new friends, and a few repeat customers made it one to remember. Despite the total washout on Saturday we made a ton of cob, and then some. Thank you everybody for coming out and hanging with us. <br />
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13169302459491824834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734680380319457413.post-50442772999971077522014-08-13T10:05:00.001-04:002014-08-13T10:05:13.756-04:00Our first workshop<p>We had a great little group and got a ton of mud on the walls. Two windows are completely in and the rest are not far behind. Thanks to Riley, Brittany, Dennis, David, Danielle, and Zach for making it a fun and productive weekend.</p>
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13169302459491824834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734680380319457413.post-81139131419694733582014-07-04T07:16:00.001-04:002014-07-04T07:16:28.810-04:00Cob weekend 2<p>Had some more hands out this past weekend. We love having people out to help even if it's only to place a few cobs and shower with our cat. Thank you helta. Flint, Jana, and Scarlet took a detour from their pizza tour to help out and even make us some delicious pizzas. Lucas if you ever come out again I owe you a shlog. You can wear the ascics. Great to meet Doug too and looking forward to seeing more of you. And thanks to Peter for helping us get it done on sunday. </p>
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