We need your help with our crowdfunding campaign

by | Jun 23, 2017 | Adobe, Alternative building, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Cob, Compressed Earth Brick (CEB), Early Childhood Development centre, Early Childhood Development centres, Earthen Schools, Hybrid building, Mud brick, Natural building, Natural plasters, Passive Solar Design, Peter McIntosh, Tyre building

We’ve launched a crowdfunding campaign because we really need your help to finish building the edu-centre in Delft so carers from informal crèches can get training in early childhood development. We are busy building a passive solar, earth sheltered building out of...

Understanding earth III: Plaster and mortars mixes

by | Nov 9, 2014 | Adobe, Clay, Cob, Compressed Earth Brick (CEB), Earth testing, Earth theory, Natural building, Natural building methods, Natural mortar mixes, Natural plasters, Peter McIntosh, Sustainable building

(Please note that in order to understand what is written here you will need to have read my previous posts on understanding earth and testing earth) Plasters and mortars are by far the process that I get asked about the most, and for good reason as plasters are what...