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.
Whistlebare, nr Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland
May 2017
Large new-build extension on old stone farmhouse. Hempcrete 350mm thick sprayed onto wood wool board.
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.
