Hola amig@s!
Gracias por seguir visitando nuestro blog!
También les queremos agradecer a los que participaron de nuestro casampamento, y por la ayuda para la construcción de nuestra casa!!
Hello family and friends!
Thanks for coming back to our blog. We’ve finally gotten around to posting some news and photos of our house.
Queremos compartir con ustedes los avances en la obra del último mes.
Hello family and friends!
Thanks for coming back to our blog. We’ve finally gotten around to posting some news and photos of our house.
En el momento del casampamento estuvimos terminando la estructura de madera, fundamentalmente el techo y sus aleros. Luego colocamos caña colihue en el techo, y pusimos una especie de cenefa (o borde del techo) a la cual fijamos una tela, colocamos aislación de retama seca, cartón rescatado y 3 capas de nylon grueso. Arriba de todo eso pusimos una capa de media sobra que sostiene pastos y tierra, para que no deslicen.
In the last month or so we’ve been working hard! Around the time of the wedding we were finishing the wood structure, mainly the roof and its overhangs. We then added many layers to the roof: a type of cane called ‘colihue’ (similar to bamboo but smaller and grows in this region), a fascia (or edge of the roof), cloth, scotch broom as insulation (dried), reused cardboard and 3 layers of thick plastic. On top of all this went a shade cloth to keep the grass and dirt from sliding off.
In the last month or so we’ve been working hard! Around the time of the wedding we were finishing the wood structure, mainly the roof and its overhangs. We then added many layers to the roof: a type of cane called ‘colihue’ (similar to bamboo but smaller and grows in this region), a fascia (or edge of the roof), cloth, scotch broom as insulation (dried), reused cardboard and 3 layers of thick plastic. On top of all this went a shade cloth to keep the grass and dirt from sliding off.
También estuvimos avanzando con las paredes de paja/fibra encofrada. La fibra que usamos es una mezcla de retama, pasto, pinocha y viruta (todo seco); se compacta dentro del encofrado con una solución cremosa de arcilla. Elegimos esta técnica por lo rápido que se puede realizar, lo aislante que quedarán las paredes y porque podemos juntar todos esos materiales cerca de nuestra casa. Ya tenemos alrededor de la mitad de las paredes hechas!
We’ve also made progress on the walls, using a straw clay (or ‘fiber form’) technique. The fiber we’re using is a mixture of scotch broom, grass or straw, pine needles and wood shavings (all dried), all of which gets mixed with a creamy clay solution and compacted into the wooden forms. We chose this approach because it’s relatively fast, very insulative and we can gather all the materials close to our house. At this point we have about half of the walls up!
Con la primera nevada de otoño en las montañas hoy, estamos con ganas de cerrar la casa y meternos adentro lo antes posible.
We’ve also made progress on the walls, using a straw clay (or ‘fiber form’) technique. The fiber we’re using is a mixture of scotch broom, grass or straw, pine needles and wood shavings (all dried), all of which gets mixed with a creamy clay solution and compacted into the wooden forms. We chose this approach because it’s relatively fast, very insulative and we can gather all the materials close to our house. At this point we have about half of the walls up!
Con la primera nevada de otoño en las montañas hoy, estamos con ganas de cerrar la casa y meternos adentro lo antes posible.
Trataremos de seguir subiendo actualizaciones y más fotos a la medida que vayamos encontrando un ratito libre (u otro día lluvioso).
Saludos!
With temperatures dropping and the first autumn snow in the mountains today, we’re hoping to get the house closed and move in as soon as possible. We’ll do our best to keep posting news and more pictures when we have a moment (or another rainy day).
Greetings from Patagonia!
With temperatures dropping and the first autumn snow in the mountains today, we’re hoping to get the house closed and move in as soon as possible. We’ll do our best to keep posting news and more pictures when we have a moment (or another rainy day).
Greetings from Patagonia!
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