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Straw-clay walls covered with earth-plaster and stucco |
Earth slab floors (also known as adobe, or soil-cement floors). Ours have air-cores for passive solar heat storage, and hydronic in-floor heating tubes. |
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Milk paint is made with milk protein, lime, clay & earth pigments. The dry powder is mixed with water and it produces an antique look. From the Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company. |
 Clay slip, several hundred gallons mixed and ready for use. This is simply high clay-content earth mixed with water in a high-shear mixer. Slip is used in making the staw-clay mix and earth plaster. |
(above) Lime is an important ingredient for the earthen plasters. We're using a product from Graymont Dolime, for it's high plasticity index. |
We'll be using wood trim and flooring products from sustainably-managed forests. These are samples of wood flooring species available from the Sustainable Woods Cooperative located in Southwestern Wisconsin. Check out this article on SWC's solar-heated wood-drying kiln. Shown are Cherry, White Ash, Red Maple, Gray Elm, Red Oak, White Oak, Hickory and Aspen |
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(left) No PVC is used in any of the plumbing pipes or fittings because of the environmental damage caused by the manufacture and disposal of vinyl compounds. Instead, we're using cast-iron drain/waste/vent piping, and cross-linked polyethylene supply piping. (below) a photo of the Chicago City Hall's living roof. The roof over our Connector and Old House sections will be similar...
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