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In this extensive private project, all of the original plaster on the main home was removed and replaced with a NHL base coat and EcoMortar® finish coat. For the pizza oven and garage, new structures were built and finished with matching NHL and EcoMortar® plasters.
As noted, some photos are courtesy of MAD architecture.
The Earth Chapel project in the Hollywood Hills of California features 3 coats of NHL and 3 coats of limepaint over a burlap canvas earth bag structure.
All images courtesy Naturalwalls.com
This apartment building features traditional three-coat Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime plaster.
First built in 1771, the Carmel mission is in the midst of its third renovation. In need of some serious repair due to damage from previous restorations where cement was used, NHL 2, 3.5, and 5 was used. In particular, the dome needed some special attention requiring some lime injection and use of NHL 3.5 to fill the cavities. NHL 2 was used to coat the dome to allow for some flexibility and then finished with a lime wash. NHL 5 was used in some lower areas of the mission that required some sloping.
The Smuggler’s Ranch House, located on Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Santa Barbara, California was originally built in 1887 out of rubble masonry with lime mortar to hold it all together. The island used to be the largest privately held island off the continental United States before being transferred to the National Park Service and the Nature Conservancy. It was used for extensive ranching for much of its history but can now be visited as a National Park. The restoration of the Smuggler’s Ranch House began in the summer of 2012 using the 3-coat process with different graded EcoMortar® and finished with Lime Paint.
Complete repointing using Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime (NHL) based mortar EcoMortar G-B.
