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| Peta tamping hemp |
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| Linda Philips |
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| The hemp is packed carefully around any poles or studs. |
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| Aunty Liz tamping hemp |
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| Building the third layer of hemp wall. |
You can see in this photograph that the newly uncovered, or green wall section is a very different colour. As the material carbonates and cures the colour becomes more even.
Due to big storm events, the roof construction still hasn't been completed. This is not an ideal situation and it's meant a lot of tarping and retarping to keep the walls dry.
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| Hemp walls and floor |
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| The first section of wall with the formwork removed |
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| Filling the formwork with hemp and lime binder mix to build a wall. |
The wallabies liked it right from the start and came inside to check out the build.
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| Tamping the hemp floor |
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| Starting to put down the hemp floor. The hemp and binder are laid onto a geotextile. |
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| The floor surrounded by core filled besa blocks was packed well with fine gravel. |
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| Bags of hemp processed in Ashford and hemp products on display. |
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| A bundle of hemp stems |
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| Beginning the build |
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| Aunty Liz on-site |
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| Milling timber on-site at Mountaintop |
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Planning with the portable mill operator to confirm the right sized timbers were milled from the tree.
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| The challenges of building in the rainy season. Piles of hemp and lime binder covered from the rain. |
