roybennett
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Hi All,
Thanks for having us, Registered to do some research, specially to do with lime plasters and various methods like tadelakt etc, got a professional plasterer in to do the drywall with standard multi finish and must say he did a cracking job, the celling heights were beyond my competency and also the quality of the finish needed, days of working 5 meters up in the air are over sadly. Done some rendering and basic plastering but this plastering had to be spot on around an oak frame. This is the project I am self building Merlins House. Now left with plastering strawbale walls and bathrooms, using a combination of clay plaster in dry areas and tadelakt, marmarino etc in wet areas. DIY the only option down to budget, distance and lack of lcoal contractors with more experience than me in these techniques. These methods have to be used due to the mechanics of where the bathrooms are and the spaces/sizes we have to play with. We are building two showers, 1 Japanese style deep soaking tub ofuro style and one sink that all have to be fabricated from formwork and then plastered, already got a basic plan for shapes and formwork. Looking to hear from experienced users of tadelakt type processes before we build the formwork and substrate, the only criteria I have are
1 No additives or synthetic materials to be used in base and finish materials
2 Natural materials only aka Lime, Marble sand, Waxes, Olive oil soap, etc etc
3 Not necessarily looking for suppliers to be plugged or recommended am aware of Mike Wye and Clayworks but open to other suppliers of good quality natural base materials
4 Biggest concern is building a stable substrate and formwork for a Tadelakt bath/shower/sink (not interested in micro cement). Bathroom floor is 18mm OSB cross topped with 18mm Marine Ply over 200 x 50 joists. Thinking of adding another 18mm in Shower tray /Bath area with a stepped access to the tub, giving a 72mm thick floor, before we install the rest of the formwork, .
5 Looking to hear from folk who have been using natural materials for some time or have had made numerous mistakes in this area (best folk to learn from I find)
6 Any advice anyone has, I figure you learn best by exchanging experiences, willing to share photos of the process and progress I finish up using.
Thanks for reading
Thanks for having us, Registered to do some research, specially to do with lime plasters and various methods like tadelakt etc, got a professional plasterer in to do the drywall with standard multi finish and must say he did a cracking job, the celling heights were beyond my competency and also the quality of the finish needed, days of working 5 meters up in the air are over sadly. Done some rendering and basic plastering but this plastering had to be spot on around an oak frame. This is the project I am self building Merlins House. Now left with plastering strawbale walls and bathrooms, using a combination of clay plaster in dry areas and tadelakt, marmarino etc in wet areas. DIY the only option down to budget, distance and lack of lcoal contractors with more experience than me in these techniques. These methods have to be used due to the mechanics of where the bathrooms are and the spaces/sizes we have to play with. We are building two showers, 1 Japanese style deep soaking tub ofuro style and one sink that all have to be fabricated from formwork and then plastered, already got a basic plan for shapes and formwork. Looking to hear from experienced users of tadelakt type processes before we build the formwork and substrate, the only criteria I have are
1 No additives or synthetic materials to be used in base and finish materials
2 Natural materials only aka Lime, Marble sand, Waxes, Olive oil soap, etc etc
3 Not necessarily looking for suppliers to be plugged or recommended am aware of Mike Wye and Clayworks but open to other suppliers of good quality natural base materials
4 Biggest concern is building a stable substrate and formwork for a Tadelakt bath/shower/sink (not interested in micro cement). Bathroom floor is 18mm OSB cross topped with 18mm Marine Ply over 200 x 50 joists. Thinking of adding another 18mm in Shower tray /Bath area with a stepped access to the tub, giving a 72mm thick floor, before we install the rest of the formwork, .
5 Looking to hear from folk who have been using natural materials for some time or have had made numerous mistakes in this area (best folk to learn from I find)
6 Any advice anyone has, I figure you learn best by exchanging experiences, willing to share photos of the process and progress I finish up using.
Thanks for reading