<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv9801065113"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46">Greetings All,</div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46"><br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">We have clients who are in a predominantly very dry, windy climate with temperature extremes from 40C to -18C wanting to adapt the lime over clay plaster system we generally specify. </div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_69"></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">They are wanting to apply the 30mm 'body coat' (approximately 1clay;1sand;1straw) and immediately apply a clay slip soaked hessien/jute/burlap wrap around the entire home which is two story. While still wet they are wanting to wire brush the hessian to create a key, apply another clay slip then 10mm of lime plaster.</div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_85"></div><div
id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_46" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">The application of clay slip over the hessien seems like a bad idea to us
but we can see the draw to being able to apply the lime over a wet substrate in their climate as trying to keep the lime from drying too fast is a real issue for them.<br id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_1_1397323803026_4740"></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50"><br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50">We have a colleague who has used this technique two times in their area but both projects have been up less than a year. We have no personal experience with this technique and are hesitant to write a specification.... </div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50"><br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50">Can anyone give a history lesson? I know there was an article in the Last Straw some time ago. Anyone still using this concept?</div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50"><br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50">Any input
would be great! </div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50"><br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50">Cheers, </div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_50">Sven and Sarah Johnston <br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_52"><br></div><div id="yiv9801065113yui_3_13_0_6_1397323803026_52">Sol Design, Ltd.
<br>Geraldine 7930 New Zealand
<br>03 693 7369
<br>sol_design@yahoo.com
<br>www.soldesign.co.nz</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>