Last Saturday was a celebration of music, the first day of summer and coatings!
Big weekend, although tiring, but super fun ...
So we started with the layer of base coat, followed by the base coat.
basecoats: clay + water
base coat: clay + sand + water + ground straw
Tools:
large garbage cans, a barrel, buckets, plastic sheeting, floats, a drill with a mixer, trimmer, shears and full of hands ...
The bins we used to:
- straw crushing
- soak the clay
- do mixtures (Base coat and base coat)
The barrel:
- supply of water (it takes a lot)
Buckets:
- transporting mixtures to the walls
Tarps:
- how the mixture earth / straw strands for the largest holes
The floats:
- to avoid falling too often ...
The drill with the mixer:
- I'll let you guess
Brushcutter
- to crush the straw
shears - to crush the straw when there is more line on the trimmer ...
Hands:
- For all the foregoing
- to launch the Strongly base coat and body coated straw
cons - to smooth the rough base coat
Viewpoint organization, Pierrot would have fallen on her buttocks, so it was good !
At a retail loan, oh yeah, we remain true to ourselves, clay. We
clay, BUT bulk very very hard and very very big ... So, initially, that is to say, all day Saturday, Lawrence, JB and Sylvain have crumbled in the sun, a real treat ... it took for ages but no one knew quite how to do otherwise!
Because of the clay that you put in water, it is not compliant, it does not dissolve (it's not sugar, whatever!) And the mixer does not come at the end of large blocks very hard! And as he was moving, it crumbled!
the evening, we have two bins in advance that we let soak overnight in water. A bin with clay crumbled and the other with blocks. The next day, the blocks were soft and much more mixable!
So we will lose more time to crumble ... this is not evil!
We also solved the problem of the round window by a frame wood. Our electrical conduit drowned in coatings, and we made our first barbecue on the terrace, in short, a weekend rather efficient and less frustrating than electricity!
Regarding the atmosphere on the yard, always so relaxed, I let you enjoy the pictures!
Once again we must thank all the little world that surrounds us and is essential for the progress of work, either, but mostly for morale ...
A great big thank you to Frances, mother, Christian, father, Lawrence, JB, Leo Nino Sboub, Guig, Jule, Anne-Laure and Dagmar.
Whether shots hands to keep us company, come and drink coffee, or just see what happens, it's always nice to have people on site! So
notice to all, we need the 10 next weekend, people to help us, support us morally, light the grill, prepare the coffee, or simply to discuss, reflect or enjoy the sun in our grass Cow!
Our beautiful window frame, reflected at 10 and directed by Christian and Sylvain
Here's me in full action launched base coat 
mother Francoise and mix the straw and earth it does not look like that, but it's very physical
Sylvain 
the first layer, the base coat 
the second, the base coat 
joints with the floor joists and 
dad filling the holes with cement Straw (soil + straw) 
mother Francoise and apply the base coat to launch y'en enough y'en not enough? ?
Nino and papi not very tchin coated 
a sheath hidden under the plaster it does not even see! The little piece that exceeds
is normal!
JB Lawrence and the sandpit ... 
