Old German Way of Weatherproofing a Wall

Youtube's algorithm just burped this video up for me :


They're refreshing the outside of a 1700s house/ barn with clay and straw, then using straw on the rain-lashed side of the house almost like shingles glued in place with clay.  Really interesting process that I haven't seen before.

(Also, if there's a better forum for this, please move it there, thank you :D)

Lovely to see this venerable craft being practiced with such care and adroit skill. And how cool to see the master himself, dressed respectfully for toil but as if for a morning at the kirk.  He is as efficient as any Teutonic tradesman, but not focused just on speed, his process is deliberate.  Damn, even the wooden wheelbarrow is a work of art.
Thanks for this.  Never saw that long drive to a box store "for one more thing", quite refreshing