All Entries Tagged With: "Plaster Systems"
Sill Pan Design Detail – TLS #51
Included in TLS #49 (Myths and Realities, Spring 2005) was a discussion of ways to deal with moisture at the bottom of windows. David Eisenberg shared a written design detail for a pan under the window to carry water away from rather than down the wall. We wanted to share a drawing of this detail and David kindly provided one for us [...]
Lime Mortars DVD Review
This article is original content and has not appeared in The Last Straw.
St. Astier Natural Limes, a producer of hydraulic lime products from France, is offering a set of DVD videos called The Master Stroke DVD Tutorial Series. The Master Stroke is a 4-disc series beginning with lime mortars. Other discs cover plastering and rendering [...]
Bale Preparation – TLS #50
This article originally appeared in TLS issue #50, 2005
by Tony Caniglia – Colorado, USA
This technique was developed to reduce the amount of fill with loose straw
or straw/clay required when the bent (rounded) sides of the bales are butted
together. The purpose is to remove the bulge on the ends of the bales so
that the bales are [...]
Siberia 2008 (Altai Project, Builders Without Borders)
In mid August of 2008 we saw ourselves back on the plane to Siberia. This was our second trip as a group of builders and teachers to this far and exotic place we now consider our most remote home away from home. Paul Koppana (Crestone, CO), Cindy Smith (Durango, CO) and myself, Jeff Ruppert (McKinleyville, [...]
