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Culburra Hemp House: August 2014
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Monday, 25 August 2014. More Rendering and Eaves Lining Gets Easier. During the week Brett, from Shoalhaven Cement Rendering, finished rendering more of the walls, so that there is now only one wall left to render, the upper north wall of the main pavilion. Last wall on the back pavilion finished. Rendering finished on the eastern side of the house. Front door wall rendered. Electric snips at work. Eaves lining seen from the front of the house. Eaves lining seen from the south. Sunday, 17 August 2014.
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Culburra Hemp House: Final Approval
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Sunday, 17 May 2015. On the same day as the final inspection, the measure up for the shower screen took place and a month later Alpine Glass came back and installed the semi frameless shower screen in the wave mosaic shower. Although the house took longer to build than expected, it always seems to do so when you are owner building, I am pleased to have finished in the reasonable time frame of 2 1/2 years, considering that we were building on weekends 3 hours away from where we were living. The timber had...
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Culburra Hemp House: August 2013
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Sunday, 18 August 2013. Reuse and Recycling on Site. Windows and doors covered in reused insulation bags and guttering plastic. Insulation bags and bubble wrap protect the ceiling. Front door covered in plastic. Gutter fittings bags reused to hold coloured oxide. Binder bags reused to hold sand. Progress Made on Hemp Lime Rendering. Front pavilion one day after rendering. Left wall fully dry and right wall 12 days after rendering. 3 weeks after rendering. 12 days after rendering. 3 weeks after rendering.
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Culburra Hemp House: May 2013
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Friday, 31 May 2013. Our light yellow is an idealised version of the colour of sand or chopped hemp fibre. Further tests were carried out, both on the hemp wall and on the MgO. Top centre: Chosen colour 0.8% yellow. 4th from left: 0.8% yellow on MgO and Top far right wet test of same mix. Next time we are on site we have arranged with John to do a section on the inside of one of the wardrobes, so he can see what the product is like to use and work out the finish we want. We used offcuts of the good p...
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Culburra Hemp House: June 2014
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Wednesday, 25 June 2014. A borrowed trailer full of furniture for the house. Main living area with north facing windows. The internals are not quite finished we still have to install the internal doors, the second bathroom to finish tiling and it and laundry to render. We are looking at using a different product to finish these two rooms as the walls are mostly MgO board which did not take the hemp render well. Patchy "feature" rendered MgO wall. Hallway and Noren outside laundry. It has been two years i...
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Culburra Hemp House: September 2013
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013. A good start to the "Great Wave" mosaic. However, as I got into the intricate part of the design progress slowed. I think I must be crazy to take on such a time consuming project when I am already so busy trying to finish the build, but the potential to create something really interesting and unusual inspires me to continue. Slower progress on the detailed section. Checking that bath sat level on the hob. Bath hob with separate supports for inner and outer timbers. Dressed H...
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Culburra Hemp House: March 2014
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Saturday, 29 March 2014. In October last year we began to have some problems with the render. The render went on ok and looked fine when wet but dried very blotchy and with lots of cracks. Subsequent walls looked fine. Render chipped off bedroom wall. The first wall that was chipped off looked fine when first re rendered. Wall done the second time when drier. Wall done on the same day and same mix turned out fine. Redone wall that was wet down after rendering. Test patch of lime paint. In the second week...
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Culburra Hemp House: May 2014
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Wednesday, 28 May 2014. Bathroom external wall rendered. Rain chain and more finished walls. Having a renderer that has been able to give some full time attention to the house has led to significant progress being made over the last few weeks. The internal walls are finished and there are only three external walls, three upper walls and a small section around the front door to go. Freshly rendered back wall. Front of house freshly rendered. The hemp lime rendering. Hemp render on MgO Board. I had forgott...
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Culburra Hemp House: Hemp Building Costs
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Monday, 18 May 2015. View down the North/East side of the house. 1,699 - $1,831. 1,782 - $1,919. Medium/high standard finish – owner built. High standard finish, no air conditioning. 2,178 - $2,343. High standard finish, no air conditioning. 2,376 - $2,563. High standard finish, no air conditioning. 2,420 - $2,634. Cost of external walls and windows per m2 of floor plan. Percentage cost of build. Medium/high standard finish – many double glazed windows and doors. View of West side of the house. 200mm hem...
