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How to Choose a Plaster System, part 3
This is the third article in a four part series explaining all of the issues surrounding the choice of a plaster system on straw bale walls…
In the previous article we began by exploring the first three parameters in depth. We will continue by exploring the next three parameters and look at the in the context [...]
How to Choose a Plaster System, part 2
This is the second article in a four part series explaining all of the issues surrounding the choice of a plaster system on straw bale walls…
In the first article of this series we were introduced to a list of parameters that we would use when choosing a plaster system. This article will focus on the [...]
How to Choose a Plaster System, part 1
This is the first article in a four part series explaining all of the issues surrounding the choice of a plaster system on straw bale walls…
One common system used on all types of “green” buildings is plaster as a wall cladding and finish system. Whether your building is adobe, straw bale, rammed earth, straw-clay [...]
Using Hydraulic and Hydrated Lime Together
During the past five years the use of lime plaster has increased many-fold in the natural building world because it is readily available, can be relatively inexpensive, is easy and forgiving to apply. If you are doing research on what type of lime plaster to use you are probably aware of the different types of [...]
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