Andreea came across Advantages a local manufacturer of hemp products. There isn’t too much information about them online – but we will be contacting them to see if they know something about building with hemp.
Category Archives: Construction
Spax (Germany) – Screws A Germa company that manufacturers screws - impressive and educative catalogue.
Home Construction Improvement (USA) A friendly and informational DIY website + useful information for getting started with framing.
Hemp Lime UK To promote the use of hemp lime products in the UK Construction Industry
Hemp Technology UK UK Based Hemp construction products manufacturer & distributor.
Do It Yourself Windows
I found this inspiring post on do-it-yourself windows – I found it inspiring because it shows how far you can get on your own with only basic carpentry skills. The price from a professional craftsman was $5500 but in the end they were built in 4 days using $540 worth of materials! Though I am [...]
Framing Windows
Framing (as I have recently learned) is a term that describes the wooden infrastructure of a house. I’ve started searching around – and this is the first simple and useful post I found on framing – at least for someone like me who knows nothing about it. It’s not much – but a simple illustration, [...]
Must Read on Hemp
I recently came across this excellent and free eBook on Hemp Lime Construction. It is published by a UK organization called “National Non-Food Crops Centre” – a name that was a huge lesson to me in it’s own right. In my mind “crops” was obviously associated with farming and food. I now know that there [...]
Timberfram Tools – Woodworking Joints A great explanation of wood-working joints.
Strawbale A comprehensive website to get acquainted with strawbale construction.