Contracted to SDC Builders Ltd to mix and place hempcrete for 60 new homes. Summer 2011.
Limecrete Solutions
This is an editorial piece that we wrote for Ecclesiastical and Heritage World.
Limecrete floors combine traditional wisdom with modern technology. Limecrete breathes with traditional building materials, respecting the original fabric of the building, and is used without a damp proof membrane. The insulation layer prevents moisture ingress while allowing damp to escape and also enables the building to be heated effectively for the comfort and health of the modern users.
We recommend the system designed and tested by Ty-Mawr Lime which uses recycled foamed glass as the insulating and anti-capillary layer. This has the added benefit of being a recycled product rather than a quarried material, further improving the ecological credentials of limecrete. Lightweight crushed pumice is used as the aggregate for an even better insulation value, which is especially important in saving energy and money when underfloor heating is installed. We have never experienced a single problem with this system in its utilisation over the past four years.
Hempcrete Floor, Trunch
A private client in Norfolk contracted us to place RFG insulation and also mix and place hempcrete floor.
Hempcrete New Build, Stowupland
A new build at Stowupland where we mixed and placed hempcrete walls.
Hempcrete Extention, Gressenhall
The Limecrete Company were asked to mix and place hempcrete walls for an extension for a private client.
Limecrete at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Goring
Specification: Recycled Foamed Glass insulation, limecrete slab, lime screed containing underfloor heating. Contractor: Edgar Taylor (Buckingham) Ltd.