At this point I would like to talk about a little problem I’m encountering all too frequently. There’s a prominent figure in the strawbale scene in S.E Australia who is obviously pretty crash-hot in the marketing department, but not particularly interested in actually helping people to get a decent looking house.
For some reason, this person’s encyclopedic notes he hands out (after people have handed over a pretty substantial amount of cash) don’t make even the slightest mention of a render-stop.
Putting a piece of timber at the top and bottom of a strawbale wall to give the renderer a “given” plane or surface to work to is not a new concept. In order to create a good looking finish on a rendered strawbale wall, you can do it the easy way, or the hard way.
The hard way involves a lot of guess work, averaging things out, hoping for the best, and working out how to do the ‘fit-out’ to accommodate a dodgy looking render job.
The easy way? Have a look at this diagram. Pretty simple, yes?
Next time….the bottom…..
January 11, 2011 at 8:23 am |
Hi Mark,
thanks for the interesting comment re render stops. there is a minefield out there for those of us that are trying to navigate the pros and cons of straw bale and trying to get our project off the ground. my latest thoughts are to build a straw bale shed first – and learn from first hand experience.
cheers
Woody