Dave Pence

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I worked a hempcrete insulation job (outer walls) in Colorado where the homeowner used cleaned sheep’s wool as insulation between the roof rafters and inside wall framing.  Plastic was installed over the area to be insulated and reinforced using folds to keep the plastic from ripping away from the staples on each stud and rafter.  A leaf blower and hose system was rigged up to blow the wool into the void.  It worked really well, fluffing up the wool as it traveled through the flexible pipe. My concern was settling of the wool that could possibly create cold spots.  The shed roof pitch was low so that might not be a huge concern.  Heat loss was not much of a factor with the interior vertical wall framing.  The owner made the decision to go with wool rather than hemp wool (available in the States from Hempitecture) because wool had a slower burn rate/combustion rate than hemp wool in case of a fire (according to her research).
1 year ago
I’m in bear country in Colorado.  I’m new to using a Natures Head compost toilet.  I want to transfer the existing contents into an outdoor plastic compost bin and experiment with vermiculture/red wigglers.  The outdoor bin would be inside an enclosed chain link dog run surrounded by an electric fence.  No veggie/carbon based composting yet until I experiment with the humanure/vermiculture compost bin.  I welcome any feedback/suggestions from experience.
1 year ago
I'm a retired shop teacher in Colorado and very interested in this build.  Has anyone tried using h^mpcrete to make bricks?
5 years ago
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