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Cob: a question about renders...Mike Boerema & Margo Kellett mboerema at bigpond.comSun Jul 22 01:36:50 CDT 2001
Inger Boerema 22 St George St. Willunga, 5172 South Australia. Ph: 0885562040 Fax: 0885562688 Email: mboerema at bigpond.com Hotmail: ingerish at hotmail.com To Whom It May Concern: My name is Inger Boerema, and I am a year 12 student at the Mt Barker Waldorf School in South Australia. As part of our school's curriculum, we are required to take on a project of our own choice, that we study, create, build, explore etc in our own time. At the end of August/ September, we must have finished our project, completed a thesis explaining what we have done, the different processes we went through, and what we have learnt from the experiences, and also give a 45 minute speech to about 300 or so people. For my project, I have decided to build a walled creative garden for the children of the Willunga Waldorf School. The material that I chose to use, was cob, as its sculptural and organic quality appealed to me, and fitted in with the overall "feel" I wanted to achieve in my garden. At this stage, I have completed my wall, and am in the process of looking for a suitable render that will give it sufficient protection from the weather, as well as maintain a natural "earthy" appearance. I am aware that cement renders should not be used on earth constructions, so I have been looking at different alternatives that (preferably) do not require constant maintenance. I originally thought that I would use a lime based render, but have been told by some that it is unsuitable for out door and unprotected walls, and by others that it is achievable. I am writing to you on the hope that you may have some suggestions in regards to a suitable render, for as I am running out of time, I am anxious to find something that will sufficiently protect my wall! Thankyou for taking the time to read my letter, Yours Sincerely, Inger Boerema. -------------- next part -------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial> <P>Inger Boerema</P> <P>22 St George St.</P> <P>Willunga, 5172</P> <P>South Australia.</P> <P>Ph: 0885562040</P> <P>Fax: 0885562688</P> <P>Email: </FONT><A href="mailto:mboerema at bigpond.com"><FONT face=Arial>mboerema at bigpond.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> </P> <P>Hotmail: </FONT><A href="mailto:ingerish at hotmail.com"><FONT face=Arial>ingerish at hotmail.com</FONT></A></P><FONT face=Arial> <P>To Whom It May Concern: </P> <P></P> <P>My name is Inger Boerema, and I am a year 12 student at the Mt Barker Waldorf School in South Australia. As part of our school’s curriculum, we are required to take on a project of our own choice, that we study, create, build, explore etc in our own time. At the end of August/ September, we must have finished our project, completed a thesis explaining what we have done, the different processes we went through, and what we have learnt from the experiences, and also give a 45 minute speech to about 300 or so people. </P> <P>For my project, I have decided to build a walled creative garden for the children of the Willunga Waldorf School. The material that I chose to use, was cob, as its sculptural and organic quality appealed to me, and fitted in with the overall "feel" I wanted to achieve in my garden. </P> <P>At this stage, I have completed my wall, and am in the process of looking for a suitable render that will give it sufficient protection from the weather, as well as maintain a natural "earthy" appearance. I am aware that cement renders should not be used on earth constructions, so I have been looking at different alternatives that (preferably) do not require <I>constant</I> maintenance. I originally thought that I would use a lime based render, but have been told by some that it is unsuitable for out door and unprotected walls, and by others that it is achievable. I am writing to you on the hope that you may have some suggestions in regards to a suitable render, for as I am running out of time, I am anxious to find something that will sufficiently protect my wall! </P> <P>Thankyou for taking the time to read my letter, </P> <P>Yours Sincerely,</P> <P>Inger Boerema.</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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