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[Cob] Shower in a cobhouse

Leslie Moyer Unschooler at cccexpress.com
Thu Aug 24 22:56:58 CDT 2006


Rodger Chenoweth wrote:
> Any advice for putting in a shower in a cobhouse?

On the Greenbuilding email list, someone just posted about tadelakt.  I 
haven't had much time to look around for do-it-yourself directions for 
this plaster, but it's really beautiful in the photos.  Here was the post:

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Here is the Wikipedia link for tadelakt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadelakt

The Tierrafino Company in the Netherlands is a well 
known supplier of the ingredients for this type of 
finish:
http://www.tierrafino.nl/en/tadelakt.html

The Budwell company in New York specializes in 
earthen materials, including tadelakt--there are 
lots of exciting photos here.
http://www.budwell.com/tadelakt.html

Tadelakt workshops in Provence, France:
http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/leisure-tourism/art-workshop/tadelakt.htm
If you're really into it, or just need a good reason 
to go to France.