Want to be part of a once a year opportunity? I have several buildings from this year’s straw bale workshops that are in different stages of plastering. This is the perfect way to learn how to plaster with lime because it is necessary to wait a minimum of 10 days in between plaster coats. With my situation, we can do all three coats of plaster on three different buildings over only three days, no need to wait in between coats! Read on for course details.
WHEN: October 17-19, 2008
WHERE: Jacksonville, Oregon
HOW (much): $400
WHY: Because it is impossible to learn how to plaster your straw bale building from a book. Hands on is the best way to learn, without doubt.
Learn how to mix and apply Natural Hydraulic Lime (NHL) for scratch coat plaster, brown coat plaster, and exterior finish coat plaster. We will cover a different coat each day and address all of the details that come with each application process. Examples of covered topics:
1. See how to properly prepare your straw bale walls for plaster.
2. How to fill voids and holes in a straw bale wall prior to plaster application.
3. Learn mix ratios for NHL plaster for all three coats.
4. How to properly apply the scratch coat over straw bales to achieve an even finish coat.
5. Learn to use trowels, darbies, floats, sponge floats, corner tools, and other tools properly.
6. Learn proper technique for each coat to get the plaster right, the first time.
…AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
All meals included. Camping space provided along with toilets and shower facilities. Come learn and make new friends at the same time! This workshop will only happen if the right number of people sign up. We will need a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 20. Sign up today to help ensure this great opportunity takes place. Questions? Post them to this blog and I will answer them right away.
To sign up, visit www.StrawBaleWorkshops.com/Registration Use the registration form and then pay the $200 deposit for the workshop. You can then bring the remaining balance with you to the workshop or simply hit the deposit button twice to pay in full. (Ignore the $750 price. That is for the baling workshops, NOT the plastering workshop.)
Hope to see you soon!
About the Author
Andrew Morison is a specialist in straw bale and green construction. He has shown thousands of people how to build their own straw bale projects through his comprehensive series of instructional straw bale, concrete foundation, and plastering DVDs. You can check these out at http://www.LearnStrawBale.com.com.
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Hello Andrew
Love the website and videos they have been a huge resouce through the whole process. My question is due to the weather I am not going to be able to plaster the exterior of my structure. It is ready, paper, mesh ect. Is it a really bad idea to leave it exposed for the winter. I was thinking of rapping it in tyvek till spring. any thoughts would be appreciated. also wanted to say that strawbale building is awesome. I am acarpenter and this was my first unconvential project hopefully I will never have to go back to standard construction.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Jordan,
It is always a better idea to plaster, at least the scratch coat, than to leave the building unprotected. If you cannot make that happen, then make sure you protect the walls from rain and snow. If you wrap the house in Tyvek or tarps, you should be okay. Be sure you check the perimeter of the structure periodically through the winter to make sure the tarps or Tyvek have not failed anywhere. Thanks for the positive feedback by the way!