http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ 'build green' en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:33:01 +0000 http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/re-pointing-advice#post-219 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:01:59 +0000 siani03 219@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>Hi there,<br /> I found your website whilst trawlling the internet for advice on re-pointing and saw the fab job you've done on your barn.<br /> I have just started re-pointing my barn and have come up with a problem or atleast an issue that I need a bit of advice on.<br /> My first attempt looks good as far as the pointing is concerned but even though I have been careful not to get any cement on the front of the stone they still have got covered in a chalky residue- I thought no problem I'll just wash it off after I've finished. However, when I tried to wash the stones with a scrubbing brush when the stones are wet they look great but as soon as they dry the whitish residue is back. I have then tried to brush it off whilst dry using a soft brush but this doesn't really do anything. So then I've gone for the wire brush- now this does work but what a job. Luckily I have only done about 2m2 so it's do-able, but the thought of having to this process to the whole barn is very daunting.<br /> My question is (if anyone can help) how do I keep the stones "clean" whilst I'm putting in the mortar?<br /> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/cork-insulation#post-208 Mon, 23 May 2011 13:39:39 +0000 Allan 208@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>UK stockist of cork insulation with full deisgn info and calculations. Thicknesses 30 to 300mm.</p> <p>Full UK delivery</p> <p><a href="http://www.cork-insulation.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cork-insulation.com</a><br /> Tel 0845 602 5574 </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/our-barn-conversion#post-46 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:17:17 +0000 pinx 46@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>We have gone through a conversion process ourselves. We had a 50 year old chicken barn, and now it is our temporary living space.<br /> We are still thinking about what to do with it, once our house is finished.<br /> Check out <a href="http://nieuwekampen.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow">http://nieuwekampen.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html</a> for some pictures.<br /> We have a high efficiency wood furnace (ETA, <a href="http://www.eta.co.at" rel="nofollow">http://www.eta.co.at</a>), wood fiber insulation, hemp isolation, lime plaster. </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/cork-granules-as-loose-fill-insulation#post-24 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:43:13 +0000 KGraham 24@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>What a great website! I really hope someone here can help me. I'm working on a 100% green retrofit of a very old house in the northeast united states, where winters are -0. It's a wood frame construction, intact plaster/lath walls on the interior, and _absolutely nothing_ in the cavities. I'm dissatisfied with all available commercial insulation options, and would like to use granulated cork, as a kind of 'pour-in' application. However, cork's made no inroads in the american market (except as composite flooring), so no one anywhere has been able to provide me with information. I have no idea what size granule should be used in such an application (on the larger side seems intuitively logical); whether it can be straight ground up cork or if it has to be the 'expanded' type; and perhaps most importantly, whether it has to be treated for flammability - I've actually put this question to several people, and they disagree vehemently, one of them insisting that untreated cork granules are fire safe as insulation, the other insisting that it's a fire hazard! (It doesn't help that one of the very scant results of a Google search for this kind of use of cork is a link to a description of a ship that caught fire - the source being the cork insulation in the walls!) Is there anyone out there who can provide me with accurate answers to these important questions? </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/timber-cladding#post-6 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:00:31 +0000 sue 6@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>I want suggestions as to wether to use oak or soft wood for the exterior cladding of an oak frame barn. I don't want a black stained wood - will look rather oppressive next to the main house with white clap board. Also is it true that oak distorts and warps. I had hoped in time that the timber would fade to that silvery colour </p>