Project Journal - Second Part of October 2008
View when the project started September
08,
and then the months that follow until the project is completed.
Early October08,
Late October 08,
November 08 and now that spring is here,
April 09
Izzy and Bruce tying and stacking bales like bricks, staggering the
blocks.
Once the Bales were stacked, top plates were
applied, and squared up to the frame.
Oct 17th Dawn and I Built 7 trusses
from 2X10X12’s and 2X4’s for cross supports
Oct 18th We installed 5 of the
7 trusses built on the strawbale mud hut
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Oct 19th Bronwinn and I worked on the
clay slip, we also cut 2X4 supports to frame in above sliding door.
Oct 20th It rained all day :(
Oct 21st Bought $250.00 worth of ¾ “
tongue and groove
plywood. I went over the budget with the plywood. In all, this
project will cost approx. $1,100.00 even though half the material was
recycled.
Dawn and I
installed the sliding door and trim that holds it in place.
I made a clay slip and applied it to the bales. I also started making
sure all the bales were properly tied to each other.
Oct 22 Leighanne, Noah, Michael and Emily, came out
and helped make and apply the clay slip needed for the first coat on the outside of the
building. I also tried to level two of the windows and mud around them.
Oct 25 The plywood roof gets put on by Dawn, Dan,
Josh, Myself and Brett.
Dawn and Dan nailing on the tongue and grove plywood. We could
have went with cheaper material, however I chose tongue and grove in
case we chose to apply a living roof. A living roof has a lot more weight
to it than a traditional roof would have. .
Handing up the plywood
Oct – Nov 7 Today was spent mudding and patching holes.
It was also spent
applying the brown coat to the south back side of the mud hut.
View when the project started September
08,
and then the months that follow until the project is completed.
Early October08,
Late October 08,
November 08 and now that spring is here,
April 09
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