Jan 5, 2014 | Circle Organic Farm Building, Construction Blogs, Natural plaster, Recipes
One of the most exciting elements of the Circle Organic farm project is the home-made hydraulic lime plaster we successfully used on the interior and exterior walls of the building. With this new recipe, we are able to make a plaster with locally sourced materials...
Feb 26, 2013 | Canada's Greenest Home
Natural clay finish plasters add an unparalleled beauty to any home, and it was exciting to apply these plasters to Canada’s Greenest Home this weekend. These skim coat plasters can be applied over any wall surface. In this project, we used them over clay base...
Aug 21, 2012 | Canada's Greenest Home, Miscellaneous, Natural building materials and techniques
A lot of the attention in a sustainable building goes to the high tech equipment and mechanical systems. But at the heart of a project like Canada’s Greenest Home are some wonderfully simple, low tech and extremely effective structural systems like our clay...
Sep 22, 2011 | Construction Blogs, Natural plaster
Tadelakt is a historical means of applying and treating lime plasters to make them waterproof. Originating in Morocco, the plasters are applied in successive thin layers, troweled smooth and then burnished with hard stones using an olive oil soap. The soap and the...
