Making a stone and cob seat

Upgrading from single glass to double glazed window and door

The window and the door in place

Passive solar design

Dismantling the old window and door frame

Cutting old post

Straw Bale course with Andrew Morrison in Portugal

Seven Day Comprehencive Straw Bale Construction Workshop
with Andrew Morrison of StrawBale.com

800$ USD (includes all meals, showers and camping)
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If you can't attend this workshop due to its cost please contact us at strawbaleworkshop2011@gmail.com so we can find a solution (Portuguese only).

August 1-7, 2011 in Paul, Portugal
(class to be taught in English)

Topics include:

- Design and Engineering Options
- Toe Up Installation
- Bale Stacking
- Bale Re-Tying and Alteration
- Box Beam Construction and installation
- Electrical Work
- Plumbing Installations
- Hanging Cabinetry
- Attaching Interior Partition Walls
- Shaping Bales and Corners
- Creating Niches
- Plaster Prep Work
- Natural Plastering
- And Much, Much More...

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Desenhos técnicos de casa de fardos de palha em Quinta dos Melros por Vera Filipa Ripley

Casa de banho/ Bathroom

Estámos agradecidos a Rita para fazer a casa de banho.
Thank you Rita for helping us do the bathroom, it´s great! Just waiting for the tiles for the top part of the wall.

Está rebocado em cima

Obrigado o Pedro, Duarte, Sofia, Salvador, Ray e Suzy fazer as acabamentos.

Strawbale building course

Build a mini studio - 3rd to 6th June

Lead by architect Catarina Pinto and eco-builder Eduardo Buzaglo in Casa-Shanti. 4 hours of theory and 26h of practical construction.

Price including accommodation (4 nights) and all meals: 340€
Course and 4 meals: 220€
(20€ discount to inscriptions until 15th May)

Local: Casa-Shanti, Mafra www.casa-shanti.com

For more information please contact us:

catarinapinto@terrapalha.com

mobile: +351 933 291 112

www.terrapalha.blogspot.com

Marble kitchen top

We have a marble kitchen top. Very nice. Now i just have to get the pump working (to fill the tank) and then we will have water in the house again.

Casa de banho/ Bathroom

Estou a fazer o encanamento de casa de banho. Usamos tubos de cobre (muito bom passar agua). Vai ser mais fotos em breve.


P.S. Parabens meu amor acabar a teses!!!

Parede interior

Tratado com oleo de linhaça e aguarrás.

Plastering the living room

We had help from Mark, River, Emma, João, and António to plaster the living room with lime putty.

Plastering the bathroom

We finished tiling the kitchen floor and today started to plaster the bathroom with lime putty.

Ladrilhos - Floor Tiles

First time I have put floor tiles. We used quick lime mixed with water to make a lime putty mix applied on the floor and used it for grouting the tiles. (still no cement used on the house despite us being given a sack of tiling cement from the builders yard).

O novo chão - The new floor

We treated the wood with linseed oil and turpentine.

Trátmos o soalho com oleo de linhaça e aguarrás.