A typical year’s work

Felbrigg, North Norfolk

February 2017

Spraying hempcrete on the inside of a flint barn in North Norfolk, 100-180mm thick to improve the insulation and maintain the character.

St Saviour, Guernsey

March 2017

Hempcrete blocks laid on the interior of a stone wall in Guernsey.

Bungalow extension Attleborough, Norfolk

April 2017

Hempcrete extension sprayed onto temporary shuttering at 350mm thick. The corner of the building was curved – although it doesn’t show up well on the photograph, it looks really good in real life.

Near Bridport, Dorset

April 2017

Hempcrete sprayed on a rather beautiful new timber-framed barn – 150mm thick.

Spraying hempcrete onto a barn

Whistlebare, nr Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland

May 2017

Large new-build extension on old stone farmhouse. Hempcrete 350mm thick sprayed onto wood wool board.

Hempcrete building with scaffolding

Selling a machine in Finland

June 2017

Visited a team at Turku University in Finland, who have purchased a 3CM hempcrete spray machine to undertake research. Demonstrated the machine and provided training, alongside Vincent Denis, the machine designer. Planning to visit again in future to help them further.

Photos below courtesy of Atte Pöytäkangas TUAS (Turku University of Applied Sciences)

Cardinham, Cornwall

June and July 2017

Spraying the inside of an old stone chapel.

You can follow the progress of their project through their blog, including the hempcrete spraying at:

https://cardinhamchapel.weebly.com/blogs/archives/06-2017

https://cardinhamchapel.weebly.com/blogs/archives/07-2017

Went back to visit in 2018 to see what the finished building looks like:

Hope Mansell, Herefordshire

July 2017

Working in Hope Mansell, near Ross-on-Wye, spraying 120mm of hempcrete onto the inside of an old stone cottage.

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

July 2017

Sprayed internal walls on an extension in High Wycombe.

South Norfolk

September and October 2017

Worked on three old properties in South Norfolk.

Guernsey

November 2017

Returned to Guernsey to finish laying the hempcrete blocks in the old stone farmhouse.

Norfolk

December 2017 and January 2018

Worked for Myles at The Limecrete Company, spraying some rather nice old farm buildings.