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| After the bales were stacked there was still a rough surface. |
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| Bales have been trimmed with a weed whacker. |
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| There are still a few holes having custom straw pillows made to fill them. |
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| Site sourced clay slip is mixed with loose straw to fill in crevices and shallow areas where bales come together. |
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| Kate and Virginia " stuffing" hollow areas. Notice that felt paper has been stapled to studs so plaster will bridge the studs. |
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| Jamie stuffing and filling with straw mixed with slip. |
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| All the straw gets the clay slip to give it a stiffer surface for the lime plaster to adhere to. |
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| The straw is scratchy! |
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| The interior walls are "stuffed" and slip coated, too. Oliver is checking out the work. |
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| The first step of the electrical has been installed, the romex run between bales |
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| The east exterior wall, showing the hurricane straps and clay slip. |
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| More electrical, you can see how it snakes up between where the bales meet. |
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| Clay slip is almost finished! |
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| This is the straw that was whacked off the stacked bales, around the 10,000 gal water tank. |
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| Ready for the next step! |
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