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Using Natural Finishes: Lime and Clay Based Plasters, Renders and Paints - A Step-by-step Guide [Kindle Edition]

Adam Weismann (Author), Katy Bryce (Author)

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This highly informative and sumptuous book shows how the threat of climate change is also an opportunity to make buildings more beautiful. --Sunand Prasad, President, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Adam and Katy are rethinking how we build, and coming up with something beautiful. --John Vidal, Environment Editor, The Guardian

A splendid book. A real addition to what's out there and very complementary to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings' new technical manual on Old Building Repairs. --Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs

John Vidal, Environment Editor, The Guardian

Adam and Katy are rethinking how we build and coming up with something beautiful

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 8309 KB
Print Length: 264 pages
Publisher: Green Books (10 Aug 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004M18M8U
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

Excellent Book 16 July 2008

By J. Fitzpatrick

Format:Paperback

This is an extremely useful and well-researched practical guide. Would recommend it to anyone thinking of doing any lime plastering/rendering - and this from a plasterer with 20 years' experience! Paul Fitzpatrick

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Great detail and explanations from experienced practitioners 6 Jun 2008

By makilopi

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I found this book very useful in that it explains the processes involved and in great detail helping you understand what is happening on your wall. The illustrated techniques are also useful although don't replace good quality training. Some tools and techniques photos are not great. The range of plasters and renders covered is excellent and gives you lots of ideas. Overall, a great reference book that will help you one your way even if only to understand the language, tools and techniques enough to employ a contractor doing this type of work.

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Outstanding 9 Aug 2008

By Timothy M. Rieth - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

Buy this book, and use it to the point where the pages are smudged with clay, pigment, and lime. Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce are at the forefront of a new generation of builders that are continuing and perpetuating vernacular practices and crafts, while innovating by bringing together natural methods, materials, and techniques from a range of traditions. Using Natural Finishes, Lime- & Earth-based Plasters, Renders & Paints: A Step by Step Guide follows on their earlier book, Building with Cob: A Step by Step Guide. These books are unique in that they capture and convey both the art and the science of natural plasters and wall construction in such a way that the novice and the professional will find inspiration and technical advice. Using Natural Plasters will find its way onto the bookshelves of owner-builders, architectural historians/restoration specialists, and professional contractors. It begins with a basic discussion of wall substrates and the dynamics one needs to be aware of when planning to apply a plaster on these surfaces. A general discussion of tools, preparation, and application techniques is followed by detailed chapters outlining how lime- and earth-based plasters, renders, and paints work, how to prepare them, and how they should be applied. The final chapter highlights traditional finishes and practitioners from regions around the globe. In addition to all of the well-written text are several hundred gorgeous photographs. I recommend this book to all of my students and colleagues. Buy this book!

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Highly Recommended 3 July 2008

By Lauren Allsopp - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

This book is a must for everyone's library! Not only does it apply to vernacular architecture such as adobe and reed mat, but modern architecture such as concrete and brick as well. While the focus of the book is finishes, it begins with information on wall systems and preparation and ends with samples of international finishes. The chapters on plasters, renders and paints are packed with recipes for making your own finishes, sidebars containing interviews with hands-on professionals, even laboratory and on-site test data--everything to make your project rewarding and enjoyable. "Using Natural Finishes" truly is step by step, using both illustrations and clear, well written text to enable the reader to discover the wonder of natural ingredients. You definitely cannot go wrong with this purchase!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Gorgeous product built on a sustainable premise 18 July 2008

By Mary - Published on Amazon.com

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This beautiful, practical book, filled with inspiring pictures and helpful instructions, encourages all of us to reclaim building practices that have been sustainable across many cultures for millennia. In first "Building with Cob" and now this book--both tributes to those who have gone before them perfecting natural building and finishing--Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce draw ancient wisdom into the 21st century, making it accessible for us all.

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