Wednesday - the roof, lovely volunteers and a test batch of clay render

Much of Wednesday was focussed on getting the main structure finshed and the roof underway. Here is Hani hard at work on the roofing braces!

We were joined on the #livebuild project by fantasic volunteers Brendan, a carpenter (his skills were invaluable) and Kareem, a UWE architecture and environmental engineering student (Kareem was involved throughout the design process prior to the build). Here they are hard at work on the roof:

On Wednesday afternoon Jo, our resident natural builder and cob expert collected the first load of clay brick substrate from in-kind sponsors Ibsotck Brick. Jo soaked a load of the clay ready for mixing up a batch of clay render to use next morning.

Jo also mixed up a small test batck of clay render, which she applied and left to dry....wonder what it will look like in the morning??