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We’re building a garden studio in Suffolk. It’s an oak frame with turf roof and a straw bale infill. It will be finished with lime plaster. You can see the latest photos of the build here.
We’re building a mini lime kiln…
The Natural Building Company is building a small demo lime kiln in partnership with Chalk East.
Although we often use lime in our projects, we’ve never tried to produce it before, so this will be an exciting new experience for us.
We’ll be building the kiln and firing it as part of Whitlingham Country Park’s heritage weekend on the 11th and 12th September.
Lime is made by burning chalk or limestone to produce quicklime. This is slaked with the addition of water to produce lime putty or a dry hydrate. Here in Norfolk we’re lucky enough to have natural deposits of chalk, so we’ll be mining it from the site and burning it in our kiln. We should be able to use the lime we make for mortar or plaster. More details soon, we hope to see you there…
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The Natural Building Company specialises in making beautiful structures from sustainable materials. We help people make their building dreams reality; from small garden studios or extensions to complete houses and offices. Most of our projects involve natural materials, such as hempcrete, cob, timber frames and straw bale. We believe in creative, sustainable designs that work in sympathy with their environments.
We also care for existing buildings, offering maintenance and alteration services. We specialise in timber frames, oak joinery, wattle and daub, clay lump and lime mortars, renders and plasters.
If you would like to find out more about how the Natural Building Company can help you build something beautiful or care for your property, or if you are simply interested in the principles of natural building then please contact us
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