#9 - How to paint a house made of Hemp

[@HickoryDickory86]

Beautiful work! And to your comment about smells, I bet the inside of that house smells amazing already, with the hemp hurd, wood, and lime all coming together.

[@thelowcarbonproject]

😊 Thanks. It doesn't actually smell of anything i side at the moment, way better than a brick build! We are starting the internal walls soon so that will probably add some fragrance though.

[@andrewcheshire244]

Loving this build mate! Hope to achieve this myself one day.

[@thelowcarbonproject]

😊 Thanks, glad you're enjoying it. Thanks for following and good luck with you're project. Keep us updated, we'd love to include other projects in our channel 🍻

[@ruben8114]

Hi there, loving the series so far! Great job. Quick Q: why did you choose to paint? Purely esthetical or also protective? I saw some other hemp builders throwing in some coloured powder into the plaster. Also seemed to work! But your house looks great!

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Hi, thanks for following along. The episodes on Matts have slowed a little but will be picking them up again soon, he's been busy completing the bedroom and doing a bit of gardening and snagging. Paint was used for both look and added protection for the lime render. He may try a bit of adding powder into the mix for inside, but as the house is in quite an exposed location it was best to go with a little more protection from the elements on the outside. He's also used some lime wash inside which looks really good, so you'll be seeing a bit of that in future episodes 🍻

[@ruben8114]

@@thelowcarbonproject Got it! Makes sense. Thanks for the response. Looking forward to the following episodes. All the best.

[@mrloverman82]

After watching the first vid of yours today, im thinking to myself i hope he doesn't have just any old paint job ( thick coats of paint is all i see on new builds thrse days lol). Keep shining bro, inspirational ☀️

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Nice one, thanks for watching and yeah only the best paint for this house 😜

[@OPS-Clothing]

Great content as always. Keep it up brother 💪🏻

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Thanks man 🍻

[@micko1235]

Hello Can I ask you what kind of screws were you using for fixing the down pipe for rainwater to the wall? Nice project.

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Hi thanks. We just used 50mm x 5mm screws and rawlplugs. Had some really big storms recently and they survived

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Imperfections make for the stucco look! Personally, I think I would have gone for a half shiplap, half render look.

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Yeah, lots you can do, I'd have liked stone on the corners like they do in Ireland but with this design, and it being our first one, we wanted to keep it simple as possible. With cladding on the outside, there would have been more framing involved or needed to frame on the outside rather than the inside. Cheers for watching, we see you've watched a few 🍻

[@JohnnyMotel99]

@@thelowcarbonproject I like the style.

[@jmccabe419]

wonderful

[@sometimesyoucan3671]

*BRILLIANT JOB* . what fixings did you use for the downpipes to hemp(crete)/lime wall?

[@thelowcarbonproject]

He just went with Rawl plugs. He drilled slightly smaller than the plug first aswel. Quite a tight fit so should be ok. Guess we'll find out if we get a big storm come through this winter 😅

[@sometimesyoucan3671]

@@thelowcarbonproject 😅 Indeed. 😂The Hemp Bible says if "strong fixings are required once the hempcrete has set, the solution is to use wooden wedges hammered into the dried wall to take a fixing. These are set so that the wide end sits flush with the wall surface and screws can be fixed straight into the wedge, and have the advantage that they can be set in at the exact place where the fixing is required. You may have seen this method used in Victorian houses as a way of providing a fixing for skirting boards. It is particularly effective with hempcrete, since the set hempcrete has elasticity and ‘bends’ under excessive pressure rather than breaking. This means that the hempcrete around the wedge gets pushed outwards, and becomes denser in the immediate area surrounding the wedge, thus holding it more firmly." Sparrow, Alex; Stanwix, William. The Hempcrete Book: Designing and building with hemp-lime (Sustainable Building Book 5) (p. 253). Green Books. Kindle Edition. But, hey, see what happens. Regardless, still a superb build! 😁

[@thelowcarbonproject]

@@sometimesyoucan3671 Ha yeah, we also have 2 copies of the Hemp bible and were aware of the wedge technique. Like you say, lets see what happens over the winter, the site is in a strong wind area so if it survives that we should be good. The fact the pipes are round helps as wind doesn't have a proper face to catch on.

[@sometimesyoucan3671]

@@thelowcarbonproject 🙂regardless, what you've done is quite beautiful and you obviously thoroughly enjoyed the job. I hope other british builders / architects / developers etc. come to understand the beauty/benefits. keep us posted.🤩

[@Connor51440]

Subscribed!

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Awesome, thank you

[@POITINMEN]

Hi, what sort of price was the wool wood sheets you used on the inside of the house? What price per sheet and what size were the sheets, thanks

[@thelowcarbonproject]

Hi, we used these from Ty-Mawr, they were the 15mm x 600mm x 2400mm ones. They have 4 different sizes available www.lime.org.uk/products/boards-backgrounds-insulation/wood-wool-boards/wood-wool-building-boards.html Cheers