I love that you are very conscientious with all of your materials and long term plans for your house. It is so satisfying to see the changes as you go.
I’m very much like Illia where the bricks matching up like that would satisfy me a lot. The smaller things. I did make me giggle that at one point when Illia was mixing the stuff to put the bricks on he looked like he was peeing in the bucket just the way he was standing. I had to take a second look lol. Doing such a great job so fascinating to watch and learn about these things your using for your home
They've used hemp rope for naval warships for years as its resistant to rot! Great stuff and sustainable too. This hemp is specifically grown for this application and typically has very little THC if thats of any interest. Sidenote: The US Navy hired a nun who was s horticulturist), to develop more efficient growing methods. She failed and only produced higher THC levels . She's been called the Patron Saint of pot!
Your comment about the use of hemp rope is not entirely complete. Where hemp rope is used as a caulking method, it is always topped with boiling Pitch (Tar). The rope is use as a gap filler, it isn't the primary moisture seal, that is the molten pitch poured on after the rope has been flogged into the gap.
Yes Sydney university had the same when students who where suppose to be trying to breed low THC had a side project of increasing THC producing super hydro.
Sounds like you have done your research very thoroughly regarding the hemp insulation (as usual 😊). And it sounds like it is really a great sustainable and ecological way to insulate. Thank you for educating those of us who didn't know about it. Well done!
The challenges you face are unique to your brick farmhouse, so it is hard to comment on whether hemp is the right choice. I can only say that I believe you always do thorough research in order to decide what will be best for your application. It is an interesting concept that I have never seen applied before. Always open to new ideas!👍🏻👏🏻
The bricks are certainly going up and making a beautiful wall .Hemp seems to be an extraordinary plant with a multitude of excellent uses . It is good that your video is familiarizing so many of us with it’s insulating properties .
That black plastic they use is a capillary break. Bricks and mortar are porous and hold moisture. The bottom of the walls will have the most moisture for a few reasons: gravity, rain hitting the ground nearby and splashing onto the wall, and moisture from the ground traveling up via capillary action. The walls will dry to both the outside and the inside. That's where the plastic comes in. The dimple pattern allows any water droplets that form on the inside of the water to drain down under the floor into the ground. The air gap and plastic material prevent any moisture from transmitting from the brick to the insulation and finished wall. The white stains are called efflorescence. I haven't heard of that being caused by nitrates from fertilizer in rural areas. It certainly occurs in urban areas and is from salts being leeched out of the bricks and mortar by water.
Since listening to you two talking about the hemp, I’ve watched a number of videos,on RUclips of course, about hemp as building and insulation material. Apparently it has much to recommend itself. Good decision. I hope it works out as well as promised. Keep up the good work!
I’m so glad you all did a natural insulation . The fact you only have to do the outer walls is not so bad . Wishing a quick and precise application bless you two there is a lot of work ahead but so worth it .💕🙏🙏
Please take better care of your back Illia. Lift those heavy objects with your legs and not your back. Squat to grab ahold of those large heavy bags, straighten your back and then lift with your legs. Your back will thank you and you will really reduce the chance of a back injury. Back strains and disc damage can be very painful and in many cases never gets better. The reason for the rot in the bags was due to the isolated nature of the container. Mold will grow very well in an isolated, wet environment. That's why they are focusing on using a material that will allow the wall to breathe and reduce or eliminate the moisture that may be transferred to the inside of the house from the bricks.
Insulation in an Old House is a Killer. Our House is from 1936, red Bricks. In the Summer we enjoy the coolness Inside, in the Winter you have to put one more Piece of Wood in the Oven. But the House lifes with Yeartimes
Illia and Mariana great explanations yes you do need to move it out of the elements well rot but you did your homework and no that it's the best for you thank you for sharing with us really great can't wait for next video thank you.
This is almost like building another house inside your house. This will be soo difficult getting all of the materials upstairs. Good luck! You must really love this house.
Your decision to use hemp insulation is great for all the reasons you laid out. You may lose some centimeters but think of the big window ledges you will be gaining. I love big thick ledges for plants or whatever. I wish it were widely available in the US. I love how you both research and learn as much as you can about the materials you are using. Bravo!!
That's what I was concerned about in your last video. If it molds in the bag it will mold in your house! That's really unacceptable in an insulation product
The bag didnt have much of a way for it to evaporate safely. But as she states in the video it will be different in the house with movement between the bricks the blocks and the insulation. Think of it like a bag of bread, leave it open and it goes stale, leave it closed and it molds. Hope that helps 😊
@@tracybabe I cannot make any sense out of part of your post. Copy- "Think of it like a bag of bread, leave it open and it goes stale, leave it closed and it molds". That to me sounds like two very obvious reasons not to use it.
@@tracybabe That is an ideal, but there are many times during an extended wet season, or possible a long vacation when heat is set lower than normal, developing leaks etc where the media will get wet and won't be able to mythically evaporate. This doesn't include wall treatments no matter how friendly to the process will inhibit the process further. So as I said, if it molds in the bag with just a blush of condensation, I will guarantee that there will be situations that it will mold in the wall. They should treat it with some sort of copper sulfate or something that won't allow it to grow.
You should try using a COX tuck point applicator.(Caulk gun using a fillable tube to hold caulk/mortar to tuck point joints.) I think it is made in UK. It is fantastic for tuck pointing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used it to do about 450 sq. ft. of bricks that were resawn to 3/4 in. thickness. It is FANTASTIC...... Also - add a squirt of dish soap to each refill to make it come out smoother. I think it is about 32 oz. size.
You can spray the exterior of your home with a product like 'Thompson's Water Seal'. Two coats (second coat is applied within 30 minutes of the first) is usually enough to waterproof your brickwork
There is currently only one place in each the US and Canada that makes it. Mostly because hemp production foundered in the US in 1937 when marijuana was made illegal. Production of hemp is now legal, so the availability of products should increase.
thanks for the videos! you might look into adding some borax into the lime mix for the hemp , its used as fire retardant in cellulose insulation which is what hemp is effectively. the lime mortar/rendering will be more difficult to apply and isnt like concrete as it dosnt really cure it de hydrates slowly but it is as you know breathable so is a better choice in this system. r value of a specific product is only part of the story in architecture theres a calculation called enthalpy for the total r value of a wall including openings and frameing/masonry so it is a total representative of the structure ....in canada r 20 in the walls and 30+ in the ceiling usually is code . typically you want the vapor barrier as far outside as possible ...as you are aware dewpoint and freezing make it preferable for moisture to freeze on the outside rather than inside the wall. but winter is somewhat milder on the other side of the atlantic. the space compromise you refer to is probably less than 2% of the total which is justified by reduced operating costs and comfort . looking forward to more progress.
👌I think the hemp insulation is great. There should also be something like that with straw. In any case, pure nature. It's a shame that you had to dispose of some of it. The Catspektor thought it was all good??Continued success and stay healthyGreetings from northern Germany.Moin☝
Good work. I’ll be interested to see how you deal with the window reveals, and how you intend to finish them. I guess you will have very deep window sills. I’m still pondering on using this hemp company, and have already contacted them to get some more information! Now hurry up and reach the window heights!! 😀😀
If the hemp can rot that easily, I am worried about its longevity if some moisture or condensation still can penetrate an old house, in some corner or other places. What about perpendicular walls creating thermal bridges? Great work by Illia, as usual.
Maybe in Russia where normal winter temperature in european part is -20C (and that is considered as very warm weather in Siberia) it makes sense - corners will be frozen through and moldy. But in Belgium? I dont think that's matters.
This is a red flag. The belief that hemp is a wonder product is laughable. Non organic or semi organic insulation was created for a reason. No mold. Time will tell.
@@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE and they solved that issues, not complained about them. Repaired drains and roof, made blind area and so on. Condensation can't occur where aren't waterproof surface, and all the wall - bricks and hemp and finish - is vapour-permiable. My family ownes (in Russia with winters aforementioned) 70-yeras old post-and-lintel board-scheathed wooden house filled with simple sawdust, without any membranes and so all - my great-grandpa could not afford anything else - and it works perfectly. And our neighbours were fools enough to cover their similar house with metal sheets. Vapour condences on the metal and their house rots, but they even don't know it until it falls on their heads.
this has to be one of the most difficult ways possible to insulate a building. Yikes..... I would really like to introduce you to easy products like mineral wool boards, which are so much simpler to install and also water and fireproof! Oh well, at least you are insulating! I don't see a vapour barrier though, so you may have condensation inside your insulation as warm interior air condenses on the exterior cold surfaces. You will possibly end up with mold growing in your wall, if you don't put a vapour barrier up before finishing.
Wondering about ventilation. I've done internal insulation myself about 18 years ago. All kinds of advice against this... except if I would use good ventilation. I did do that and no problems so far.
I love that you are using the hemp insulation, though the R factor of 2.7 doesn't sound like much when you can find artificial products that can give you R 30, still, I suppose in a wall, that is all you will need. The lime plaster I have used is not difficult to apply, but it is one of those things you need a lot of practice to make it actually look good. LOL! My first attempt did not look good, but it did work. Hope you have better luck with it. You certainly have a lot more wall to perfect your application skills with than I did.
@@michaelmcclown5593 Thank you for clearing that up for me! I had no idea how they calculated those factors (obviously), but it's comforting to know Illia and Marina will be nice and cozy.
I've looked at this several times and I'm not convinced hemp is the correct solution for that farmhouse. Yes hemp is a good thermal insulator but those exterior wall bricks are porous, they soak up water like a sponge. Moisture rising from below is not your main issue, in that building the main source of damp will be from wet weather, and it rains a lot in Belgium. Two critical factors should have been at the top of the suitability list. 1)-Heat always travels to Cold, and 2)- Moisture always travels to a dryer place. By filling in the cavity you created with the hemp blocks, you appear to have created a perfect bridge for moisture to get from exterior to interior. You will need a lot of ventilation and you may need to install airbricks in the external skin to try to keep the moisture under control. You could have reached a point where the ventilation to keep the damp under control exceeds the thermal saving gained from the hemp blocks. There comes a point with old buildings when you have to accept that some modern solutions are just not suitable. I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I don't think so.
Good one hope the rodents ( mice and rats) don't get into it. Looks great well done wish I still had your energy. The rots because you left it out in the sunshine and it sweats. Concrete will also end up rock hard if left under plastic it sweats. Got pallets of blocks hard crete.
i do wonder how cold belgium gets compared to where i live (-13F/-25C, minimum possible in winter), in how that would be resisted by hemp, regardless, again i say it's really cool that you're using a natural fiber. also yee satisfying wall
Interesting technique. I am really surprised this system recommended anything in the void behind the hemp block. Most modern systems would want the cavity (void) clean.
Can the hemp bricks that have had water get in, be taken out of the bags, dried out and used as the loose fill behind the bricks on the wall? Might save waste. Looks like the hemp is a great choice.
all very interesting, the longest part of the process seems to be when you fill the gap, can it not be bought in sheets like standard insulation? nice job though... cheers
In Canada and the USA it is available in sheets. They would have to frame up the interior though as in a modern frame construction building in order to use the sheets.
When my folks lived in Hungary, and also my grandmother's house, they used the lime plaster and while it was a messy process, wasn't as hard to apply - just time consuming on top of the mess. I hope the same will be in your case! As for the amount of space 'lost', I don't see that as a major issue. The farm house is huge and there's a second floor too! With the heat increasing in various parts of the world, will the hemp insulation work to keep the rooms cool in the summer too? Will you be installing air conditioners later on when the rooms are nearing completion or is it not necessary in your region? From what I've read and from folks I know that live in the UK for example, their homes are insulated to keep heat in but there wasn't much thought to try and keep cool in the summer as temperatures historically were never that high and would risk the health and safety for the young and elderly. Just curious. As I see how fast Illia works, looks like the hemp insulation will be up very quickly! He got that row down and back filled and anchored so quickly it seemed! 💙💛
Insulation should work to keep heat in just as well as it should keep it out. I live in Melbourne, Australia where our summer temperatures can be 40oC several days in a row, and in winter we can get single digit minuses overnight. We try to insulate as best as we can afford because it both keeps house cooler in summer and warmer in winter. My parents are living in a rental house not far from me, and the additional money I paid to upgrade my insulation is vastly noticeable in the two extremes of temperatures. The added bonus is less energy required to use air conditioning or heating. Good insulation saves so much money in the long term.
that bagged, loose insulation fibre looks like it's been wet for much longer than it's even been at your location. how did the moisture get innate that sealed plastic bag? I suspect it was a little wet when it was bagged and stayed to rot before it was even delivered. It takes time for something to get that bad. Maybe let the company know that there are several bags that are rotten and see if they'll replace them.
I don't think I would have gone the hemp route. How much money did you spend for that compost. The space between the brick wall and the hemp seems kinda wide.
Hi! great work and videos. Perhaps my comment arrives too late, anyway here it goes: the overlap between hemp brick lines, shouldnt be bigger than few cm? In the video seems that are almost one on top of each other, while regular bricks are overlapping half with below brick... like in a ladder way
If the loose hemp got wet in the bag and rotted, aren't you afraid water will migrate through the admittedly old and somewhat porous exterior wall and make smelly rot?
It doesn’t rot any worse than the pink fiberglass stuff with a paper backing. If the hemp does get wet, it can be layer out to dry and reused. It’s been in use in parts of Europe for over 50 years.
The added depth the insulation takes up will give some amazingly deep windowsills. Lots of space for plants and decor. :)
Very happy to see and visit with you, Illia and Annika. Watching your journey and proud of you and your choices.❤️☮️🌻🥰🇺🇸
Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Texas, USA 🐼 ❤ 🎀 👍 🧚♂ 🐈 🧚 🍀
Was having the worst day ever today, watching you guys somehow brought some really needed calmness and peace.
I wish you strength for what happend and I wish you a lot of luck.
I hope you are fine, Mobin! Stay safe and healthy please.
I love that you are very conscientious with all of your materials and long term plans for your house. It is so satisfying to see the changes as you go.
I’m very much like Illia where the bricks matching up like that would satisfy me a lot. The smaller things. I did make me giggle that at one point when Illia was mixing the stuff to put the bricks on he looked like he was peeing in the bucket just the way he was standing. I had to take a second look lol. Doing such a great job so fascinating to watch and learn about these things your using for your home
Your house will be very cosy with this good insulation. Old houses need old ways 😉👌
Not too much time, no! I could honestly look at you all day! This is a really charming channel.
Anneke was like "Ew, it's too hot, please don't touch me!" (or in Dutch: "Ew het is te warm, niet aanraken alsjeblieft!"🤣)
Nice work :)
Haha. De luie kat wilde liever lekker liggen.
Illia, I know I would enjoy working with you. Thank you for sharing.
They've used hemp rope for naval warships for years as its resistant to rot! Great stuff and sustainable too. This hemp is specifically grown for this application and typically has very little THC if thats of any interest.
Sidenote: The US Navy hired a nun who was s horticulturist), to develop more efficient growing methods. She failed and only produced higher THC levels . She's been called the Patron Saint of pot!
Now that’s hilarious
Your comment about the use of hemp rope is not entirely complete. Where hemp rope is used as a caulking method, it is always topped with boiling Pitch (Tar). The rope is use as a gap filler, it isn't the primary moisture seal, that is the molten pitch poured on after the rope has been flogged into the gap.
That’s nunsense 😂
@@philyew3617 I was referring to mooring lines.
Yes Sydney university had the same when students who where suppose to be trying to breed low THC had a side project of increasing THC producing super hydro.
I miss your beer testing, dont forget to do happy things ❤️
I laughed at the "perfectionist Illia". I sometimes feel that joy, too, when things come out perfect.
Sounds like you have done your research very thoroughly regarding the hemp insulation (as usual 😊). And it sounds like it is really a great sustainable and ecological way to insulate. Thank you for educating those of us who didn't know about it. Well done!
The challenges you face are unique to your brick farmhouse, so it is hard to comment on whether hemp is the right choice. I can only say that I believe you always do thorough research in order to decide what will be best for your application. It is an interesting concept that I have never seen applied before. Always open to new ideas!👍🏻👏🏻
Кажется мне, что мыши будут рады таким стенам)
Colonel lie down on the job supervisor cat is enjoying a leisurely moment 😀 😄 😉 😎
Ох, ребята, сколько еще работы... сил вам все выдержать!
The bricks are certainly going up and making a beautiful wall .Hemp seems to be an extraordinary plant with a multitude of excellent uses . It is good that your video is familiarizing so many of us with it’s insulating properties .
Who chooses your music? Always good. Glad you are promoting hemp.
That black plastic they use is a capillary break. Bricks and mortar are porous and hold moisture.
The bottom of the walls will have the most moisture for a few reasons: gravity, rain hitting the ground nearby and splashing onto the wall, and moisture from the ground traveling up via capillary action. The walls will dry to both the outside and the inside. That's where the plastic comes in. The dimple pattern allows any water droplets that form on the inside of the water to drain down under the floor into the ground. The air gap and plastic material prevent any moisture from transmitting from the brick to the insulation and finished wall.
The white stains are called efflorescence. I haven't heard of that being caused by nitrates from fertilizer in rural areas. It certainly occurs in urban areas and is from salts being leeched out of the bricks and mortar by water.
Well done, good choice / good for the environment. Keep up the great work.
Since listening to you two talking about the hemp, I’ve watched a number of videos,on RUclips of course, about hemp as building and insulation material. Apparently it has much to recommend itself. Good decision. I hope it works out as well as promised. Keep up the good work!
All my quires where answered by Marina So much info is great Hemp insulation MUST be the future For sure 💕🕊👍
I love to watch the progress you have made : ) And your husband is the funniest guy LOL
I LOVE IT, IT WILL BE GREAT INSOLATION, TELL EVERYBODY HELLO, SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK, GOD BLESS YOU ALL...
I’m so glad you all did a natural insulation . The fact you only have to do the outer walls is not so bad . Wishing a quick and precise application bless you two there is a lot of work ahead but so worth it .💕🙏🙏
Please take better care of your back Illia. Lift those heavy objects with your legs and not your back. Squat to grab ahold of those large heavy bags, straighten your back and then lift with your legs. Your back will thank you and you will really reduce the chance of a back injury. Back strains and disc damage can be very painful and in many cases never gets better.
The reason for the rot in the bags was due to the isolated nature of the container. Mold will grow very well in an isolated, wet environment. That's why they are focusing on using a material that will allow the wall to breathe and reduce or eliminate the moisture that may be transferred to the inside of the house from the bricks.
the rotten hemp will make great cover for the garden and keep the weeds down also condition the soil
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you all guys. It's becoming beautiful.
Sounds like a very good insulation for that house. Good job locating it.
Always a hard working Ellia. 👍👍👍
You are doing such a good job with the installation!!! Great video!
Insulation in an Old House is a Killer.
Our House is from 1936, red Bricks.
In the Summer we enjoy the coolness Inside, in the Winter you have to put one more Piece of Wood in the Oven.
But the House lifes with Yeartimes
True word´s glad to see that there is someone out who has the same opinion like me 🙂
Keep up the good work guys. Your building a great strong home 🏠
Well done, Illia!
Love watching your progress....
Your helpers always come, very lucky.
Illia and Mariana great explanations yes you do need to move it out of the elements well rot but you did your homework and no that it's the best for you thank you for sharing with us really great can't wait for next video thank you.
I'm sold on hemp insulation!😊
This is almost like building another house inside your house. This will be soo difficult getting all of the materials upstairs. Good luck! You must really love this house.
Your decision to use hemp insulation is great for all the reasons you laid out. You may lose some centimeters but think of the big window ledges you will be gaining. I love big thick ledges for plants or whatever. I wish it were widely available in the US. I love how you both research and learn as much as you can about the materials you are using. Bravo!!
I know nothing abt hemp insulation but more familiar with foam injection n foam slabs..
I was very happy to realize it was Tuesday and you would have a new video up. I really enjoy watching your journey to make that house a home.
That's what I was concerned about in your last video. If it molds in the bag it will mold in your house! That's really unacceptable in an insulation product
The bag didnt have much of a way for it to evaporate safely. But as she states in the video it will be different in the house with movement between the bricks the blocks and the insulation. Think of it like a bag of bread, leave it open and it goes stale, leave it closed and it molds. Hope that helps 😊
@@tracybabe I cannot make any sense out of part of your post.
Copy- "Think of it like a bag of bread, leave it open and it goes stale, leave it closed and it molds".
That to me sounds like two very obvious reasons not to use it.
You don’t use bread?
@@tracybabe That is an ideal, but there are many times during an extended wet season, or possible a long vacation when heat is set lower than normal, developing leaks etc where the media will get wet and won't be able to mythically evaporate. This doesn't include wall treatments no matter how friendly to the process will inhibit the process further. So as I said, if it molds in the bag with just a blush of condensation, I will guarantee that there will be situations that it will mold in the wall. They should treat it with some sort of copper sulfate or something that won't allow it to grow.
I suspect that the product that they mix into the loose fill has anti-fungal agents to prevent these problems.
I know nothing about building or renovating houses but I really do enjoy watching the two of you.. when do you suppose you'll be moving in?
You should try using a COX tuck point applicator.(Caulk gun using a fillable tube to hold caulk/mortar to tuck point joints.) I think it is made in UK. It is fantastic for tuck pointing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used it to do about 450 sq. ft. of bricks that were resawn to 3/4 in. thickness. It is FANTASTIC...... Also - add a squirt of dish soap to each refill to make it come out smoother. I think it is about 32 oz. size.
Hemp is easy to carve out to run utilities behind the finished limecrete walls. Yes Limecrete/Hemp & Brick will probably breath, slowly.
i love the idea of hemp being used as insulation! thanks for teaching me
You can spray the exterior of your home with a product like 'Thompson's Water Seal'. Two coats (second coat is applied within 30 minutes of the first) is usually enough to waterproof your brickwork
Thats the whorst thing you can do to an old building.....
You want your bricks to breathe, nog seal them
Wow you are moving right along. Great job.
How great that the spoiled hemp can be recycled. No other insulation can do that.
Great questions and answers! Love learning about this Hemp insulation. Well done Illia!
i love you guys! Your home will be amazing!
All the best with that project
Looking good
Илья ты зря высыпал всю засыпку, там похоже только верхний слой заплесневел. А в общем у тебя отлично получается. Продолжай в том же духе!)))
It will all be worth it, just a lot of work.
I had never heard about hemp insulation. Am going to check our local hardware stores to see if the even carry it. I’d use it in a heartbeat.
There is currently only one place in each the US and Canada that makes it. Mostly because hemp production foundered in the US in 1937 when marijuana was made illegal. Production of hemp is now legal, so the availability of products should increase.
Marina look at 1884 house renovation.... he goes slow but is full of knowledge for the plaster, .. I found it fascinating...
Thank you for your recommendation! It’s from Mike The Worker?
thanks for the videos! you might look into adding some borax into the lime mix for the hemp , its used as fire retardant in cellulose insulation which is what hemp is effectively. the lime mortar/rendering will be more difficult to apply and isnt like concrete as it dosnt really cure it de hydrates slowly but it is as you know breathable so is a better choice in this system. r value of a specific product is only part of the story in architecture theres a calculation called enthalpy for the total r value of a wall including openings and frameing/masonry so it is a total representative of the structure ....in canada r 20 in the walls and 30+ in the ceiling usually is code . typically you want the vapor barrier as far outside as possible ...as you are aware dewpoint and freezing make it preferable for moisture to freeze on the outside rather than inside the wall. but winter is somewhat milder on the other side of the atlantic. the space compromise you refer to is probably less than 2% of the total which is justified by reduced operating costs and comfort . looking forward to more progress.
👌I think the hemp insulation is great. There should also be something like that with straw. In any case, pure nature. It's a shame that you had to dispose of some of it. The Catspektor thought it was all good??Continued success and stay healthyGreetings from northern Germany.Moin☝
Dawns here ☀️
Ілля - робота виконана на відмінно. А от дитину наступного разу покатай ))
Good work. I’ll be interested to see how you deal with the window reveals, and how you intend to finish them. I guess you will have very deep window sills. I’m still pondering on using this hemp company, and have already contacted them to get some more information! Now hurry up and reach the window heights!! 😀😀
If the hemp can rot that easily, I am worried about its longevity if some moisture or condensation still can penetrate an old house, in some corner or other places. What about perpendicular walls creating thermal bridges? Great work by Illia, as usual.
Maybe in Russia where normal winter temperature in european part is -20C (and that is considered as very warm weather in Siberia) it makes sense - corners will be frozen through and moldy. But in Belgium? I dont think that's matters.
@@elrond12eleven Many videos were already about the moisture issues of the house.
i'm sure it rotted because it was mostly sealed in the plastic, once it is in/on the wall it will be able to breathe and loose the moisture
This is a red flag. The belief that hemp is a wonder product is laughable. Non organic or semi organic insulation was created for a reason. No mold. Time will tell.
@@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE and they solved that issues, not complained about them. Repaired drains and roof, made blind area and so on.
Condensation can't occur where aren't waterproof surface, and all the wall - bricks and hemp and finish - is vapour-permiable. My family ownes (in Russia with winters aforementioned) 70-yeras old post-and-lintel board-scheathed wooden house filled with simple sawdust, without any membranes and so all - my great-grandpa could not afford anything else - and it works perfectly. And our neighbours were fools enough to cover their similar house with metal sheets. Vapour condences on the metal and their house rots, but they even don't know it until it falls on their heads.
No warranty on the hemp blocks - I guess. Thanks! 😎
eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler 👍👍👍👍
this has to be one of the most difficult ways possible to insulate a building. Yikes..... I would really like to introduce you to easy products like mineral wool boards, which are so much simpler to install and also water and fireproof! Oh well, at least you are insulating! I don't see a vapour barrier though, so you may have condensation inside your insulation as warm interior air condenses on the exterior cold surfaces. You will possibly end up with mold growing in your wall, if you don't put a vapour barrier up before finishing.
That's a lot of hemp! Makes me wonder what they did with the cannabis part?? heheheh
People with chickens can use the hemp as bedding too
you are loosing 7 inches in every wall insulated, I think you and Ilia going to use it on the exterior walls only so is not that bad.
Wondering about ventilation. I've done internal insulation myself about 18 years ago. All kinds of advice against this... except if I would use good ventilation. I did do that and no problems so far.
I love that you are using the hemp insulation, though the R factor of 2.7 doesn't sound like much when you can find artificial products that can give you R 30, still, I suppose in a wall, that is all you will need. The lime plaster I have used is not difficult to apply, but it is one of those things you need a lot of practice to make it actually look good. LOL! My first attempt did not look good, but it did work. Hope you have better luck with it. You certainly have a lot more wall to perfect your application skills with than I did.
US R30 = 5.3 in metric .
@@michaelmcclown5593 Thank you for clearing that up for me! I had no idea how they calculated those factors (obviously), but it's comforting to know Illia and Marina will be nice and cozy.
I've looked at this several times and I'm not convinced hemp is the correct solution for that farmhouse. Yes hemp is a good thermal insulator but those exterior wall bricks are porous, they soak up water like a sponge. Moisture rising from below is not your main issue, in that building the main source of damp will be from wet weather, and it rains a lot in Belgium.
Two critical factors should have been at the top of the suitability list. 1)-Heat always travels to Cold, and 2)- Moisture always travels to a dryer place.
By filling in the cavity you created with the hemp blocks, you appear to have created a perfect bridge for moisture to get from exterior to interior. You will need a lot of ventilation and you may need to install airbricks in the external skin to try to keep the moisture under control.
You could have reached a point where the ventilation to keep the damp under control exceeds the thermal saving gained from the hemp blocks.
There comes a point with old buildings when you have to accept that some modern solutions are just not suitable. I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I don't think so.
That's what the plastic membrane for to stop damp .
For a picture will the wall be able to support a picture / frame?
Good one hope the rodents ( mice and rats) don't get into it. Looks great well done wish I still had your energy. The rots because you left it out in the sunshine and it sweats. Concrete will also end up rock hard if left under plastic it sweats. Got pallets of blocks hard crete.
Is it easier than making stud walls and wool insulation?
How will you finish over this insulation, or did I miss that in another video? Charles
Awesome.
Решили все арбалитом сделать? Или только наружные стены? Хорошая работа!!!
i do wonder how cold belgium gets compared to where i live (-13F/-25C, minimum possible in winter), in how that would be resisted by hemp, regardless, again i say it's really cool that you're using a natural fiber. also yee satisfying wall
Interesting technique. I am really surprised this system recommended anything in the void behind the hemp block. Most modern systems would want the cavity (void) clean.
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Illya, Will you put ventilation holes in the walls? And will you do those near groundlevel or near the ceiling level?
genau das sage ich auch! Olivenöl flutzscht einfach besser.
Can the hemp bricks that have had water get in, be taken out of the bags, dried out and used as the loose fill behind the bricks on the wall? Might save waste. Looks like the hemp is a great choice.
Since some of the hemp that was outside and got wet and developed mold, what is to prevent that from happening with the hemp inside your house?
all very interesting, the longest part of the process seems to be when you fill the gap, can it not be bought in sheets like standard insulation? nice job though... cheers
In Canada and the USA it is available in sheets. They would have to frame up the interior though as in a modern frame construction building in order to use the sheets.
Bravo
When my folks lived in Hungary, and also my grandmother's house, they used the lime plaster and while it was a messy process, wasn't as hard to apply - just time consuming on top of the mess. I hope the same will be in your case! As for the amount of space 'lost', I don't see that as a major issue. The farm house is huge and there's a second floor too!
With the heat increasing in various parts of the world, will the hemp insulation work to keep the rooms cool in the summer too? Will you be installing air conditioners later on when the rooms are nearing completion or is it not necessary in your region? From what I've read and from folks I know that live in the UK for example, their homes are insulated to keep heat in but there wasn't much thought to try and keep cool in the summer as temperatures historically were never that high and would risk the health and safety for the young and elderly. Just curious.
As I see how fast Illia works, looks like the hemp insulation will be up very quickly! He got that row down and back filled and anchored so quickly it seemed!
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Insulation should work to keep heat in just as well as it should keep it out. I live in Melbourne, Australia where our summer temperatures can be 40oC several days in a row, and in winter we can get single digit minuses overnight. We try to insulate as best as we can afford because it both keeps house cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
My parents are living in a rental house not far from me, and the additional money I paid to upgrade my insulation is vastly noticeable in the two extremes of temperatures. The added bonus is less energy required to use air conditioning or heating. Good insulation saves so much money in the long term.
Have you seen the online renovation of a similar farm to yours. Put in de however farm and it will come up (under Spaces). It may give some ideas.
That course should have started with a half block - you have barely 50 mm spacing between adjacent 'verts'
does it matter if it isn't truly structural?
@@jennifercash1093 Yes as cracks will develop over time from thermal movement.
Thank you for your advice, Andrew!
@@andrewmawson6897 ah thanks for the Evanston
that bagged, loose insulation fibre looks like it's been wet for much longer than it's even been at your location. how did the moisture get innate that sealed plastic bag? I suspect it was a little wet when it was bagged and stayed to rot before it was even delivered. It takes time for something to get that bad. Maybe let the company know that there are several bags that are rotten and see if they'll replace them.
I don't think I would have gone the hemp route. How much money did you spend for that compost. The space between the brick wall and the hemp seems kinda wide.
Greetings,
if you do not insulate the internal walls in contact with the external ones, you could have serious problems with thermal bridges.
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Hi! great work and videos. Perhaps my comment arrives too late, anyway here it goes: the overlap between hemp brick lines, shouldnt be bigger than few cm?
In the video seems that are almost one on top of each other, while regular bricks are overlapping half with below brick... like in a ladder way
3rd road is overlapping half and half... perhaps was not that important to have first 2 lines so overlapped
If the loose hemp got wet in the bag and rotted, aren't you afraid water will migrate through the admittedly old and somewhat porous exterior wall and make smelly rot?
Surely moisture in the walls will compromise the hemp, especially if it rots so easily?
It doesn’t rot any worse than the pink fiberglass stuff with a paper backing. If the hemp does get wet, it can be layer out to dry and reused. It’s been in use in parts of Europe for over 50 years.
I’ve not heard of hemp rotting unless the building exterior is compromised.
Also important to note that man made fibres also rot when when wet.
If water runs in from outside, then the whole partition wall will scab over, then better another insulation in between.