New Build Systems

We have married our blocks with other natural building materials to bring you two different methods of constructing your new home. Both new build systems use minimal materials to create a very simple wall detail which is easy to build and easy to design with.

We are happy to assist with:

Designing/Specification/Detailing
Estimating
Contractor training
Engineering
On and off site training

Strockwall:

The first uses our Strocks together with tongue and grooved woodfibre insulation board. The strocks are the load bearing part of the wall with glu-lam or solid timber used for lintels or high point loads. Tongue and grooved woodfibre insulation board is then wrapped around the building like a tea-cosy. This is directly screwed to the strock walls with proprietary fixings which inhibit cold bridging.

The wall is then clay plastered internally and either lime rendered directly onto the woodfibre board or timber/masonry clad.

Hempwall:

The second method uses our Hempcrete blocks as insulation together with a glu-lam or solid timber frame (such as an oak frame) as the load bearing structure. The frame is erected first with the hempcrete blocks wrapping around the outside 20mm from the back of the frame. The two are tied together using stainless steel wall ties screwed to the frame and built into the mortar joints of the hempcrete blocks.

Internally the blocks are plastered with lime or clay leaving the feature frame completely exposed. Externally the blocks are rendered in lime or clad with timber or masonry.