An experiment, build new, like the old

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Re: An experiment, build new, like the old

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Texas_Ranger wrote:Can you get something like Heraklith board in the US? It's wood shavings pressed together with cement and can be plastered directly using any type of plaster thanks to its rough surface that provides keying. We're going to use that on some ceilings we need to replace instead of plaster & lath because it only needs a finish coat and no base and scratch. The 1" thick stuff is amazingly heavy and solid! You do have to tape the seams before plastering or you'll have cracks all over.


Never heard of such a thing with wood shavings, but we do have a concrete board available in the US that's pressed on a fiberglass mesh. That's what people put up for walls in bathrooms these days in the US.

It would be a pretty decent plaster base, I suppose.

We can also get it in short widths to be used as siding, it's a pretty popular option for that sort of thing too.

It's called Hardiboard.

phil wrote:have you thought of a pre-made home?

you could buy a linwood home
http://www.linwoodhomes.com/house-plans/

or a viceroy home
http://www.viceroy.com/models/country_classics

I worked for a year for viceroy. From the things I saw, weren't nice to most of the employees. I didn't have a hard time with management but I couldn't see then treat other people like crap and invest my time in that company so I found a new job and moved on before it affected me. They do make nice authentic looking doors and staircases from fir or hemlock using CNC . They were able to do some really nice (big) post and beam work with big CNC machines. They had a vinyl window plant and they moved that out east. I had to help disassemble all the CNC machinery used to make the windows. the truck turned over en route, smashing the machinery, but they did get the window plant back running out east evidently wiht a lot of issues. They build high end homes including all the walls doors windows trusses and it is sent out on the back of a truck to site where it is quickly assembled in chunks. some of the houses have big windows like you would see on the beach front properties, but they do have some heritage looking ones.

I don't think no plywood or OSB for outside sheeting is reasonable, you could use shiplap but to what advantage over plywood? I can see saying you didn't want things like casings made from anything but wood.

this article says Viceroy didn't pay their employees for January
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ ... uary-union


If I do ever build a house I would never be satisfied with a pre-fab building, with a blank canvas I would bring new meaning to the word over-budget!
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Re: An experiment, build new, like the old

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Never heard of such a thing with wood shavings, but we do have a concrete board available in the US that's pressed on a fiberglass mesh. That's what people put up for walls in bathrooms these days in the US.


Cement board is something different, particularly because it has a smooth surface for tiling etc. Looks like in the US only the mineral wool sandwich boards are marketed, not the solid plaster boards.

http://www.heraklith.com/

Heraklith BM is fairly course and designed to hold any type of plaster, including lime.

http://www2.heraklith.at/heraklith/at/p ... _klein.jpg

You might have to call around a bit to find a supplier. The company is actually a Knauf subsidy so their products should be available. Finding someone willing to use the stuff might be another challenge though.

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