Building Terms – Build a Straw Bale House

Geotextile

Post author:James
Post published:November 6, 2018
Post Category:Building Terms

Good video demonstrating stabilising effects of material like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olpSN6_TCc

Floor screed

Post author:James
Post published:October 17, 2018
Post Category:Building Terms

A floor screed is usually a cementitious material made from a 1:3 or 1:4.5 ratio of cement to sharp sand. It may be applied onto either a solid in-situ concrete ground floor slab or…

Stem wall

Post author:James
Post published:October 16, 2018
Post Category:Building Terms

Stem wall

Stove pipe, class A and B

Post author:James
Post published:October 10, 2018
Post Category:Building Terms

Stove pipe is used for venting wood-burning stoves and is used inside the room where the stove is installed. As soon as that pipe goes through a ceiling (upstairs floor)…

Screed

Post author:James
Post published:October 9, 2018
Post Category:Building Terms

A levelled layer of material (e.g. cement) applied to a floor or other surface.

Soffit

Post author:James
Post published:October 8, 2018
Post Category:Building Terms

Soffit is derived from a French word that means “formed as a ceiling” and the Latin term “to fix underneath.” The soffit is the visible part beneath the roof eave’s overhanging section.…