WOW, Instant Clay Walls (Rescuing a 120 year old house) 

Such a fun bit somehow!

Are you sure it's free? I think they expect a "tip" haha 🌈 ​@@holzschwein0

I’m German and I don’t think she picked these up at the hardware store, I’ve never seen that in Germany. I think they were delivered by the same company she was working with for the wall bricks 👍

​@@ohboilien Most of this was delivered by the manufacturer, indeed, but it seems the plaster was indeed from the hardware store. It doesn't look like OBI though, so maybe it's slightly specialized?

ikr? I'm no architect but I've done a lot of work on a fair number of houses and _nothing_ about how this is getting built is like anything I've ever encountered. Mind also blown! xD

@@daanwilmer Bubenzer Baustoffe in Wiehl. It's the kind of store that is localised on the outskirts and usually sells primarily to commercial builders.

I'm also an architect, I can say that the only similar products I've seen in the Antipodes (AU & NZ) is a cement /straw cladding sheet, though I've only come across product lit /samples (from tech reps) for external applications.

Yeah, as a Potter that was my first thought..

@@tadeyishusame.

@@tadeyishu Harry?

Especially with that mortar. Oh, and this advice also goes for drywall, drywall compound, on both install and demolition. Mask up!

Yes! Silicosis is awful awful way to go and you usually don’t see the effect until later in life.

That was so random. Got a laugh and a smile from me.

FesTool electric finger!

Yeah. I'd love one of those, looks really useful.

@@Scoots1994 just Felix showing off!⚡

Wonder if she got training from This Old Tony

Germans are always SO far ahead on things like this ! I remember back in 1978 talking to 2 young Germans on a flight. They were talking about their "Green Party" & sustainability. All these years later and the USA is lagging behind on this, in my opinion. And for those who disagree, all I have to say is "bottled water". Instead of buying gallons, or a filter for your tap water, and bringing a drink holder, many folks buy CASES of 8 Oz. water bottles. I'm sure many don't make it to the recycling stream.

Until you try to hang a tv to the wall... it honestly seems super brittle, you can see it splitting around some of the fixation screws

@@tiloalo I felt that too. I wonder if adding more organic stringy materials would make it look less like it's gonna fall off on its own...

Me too, I did see some splits happening when the screw was put in for instance. Cool material though.

I instantly asked myself the same question. This aspect will surely improve in time.

some kind of bracket would probably be good

Gypsum is also a natural product

I am wondering the same, how strong is it compare to drywall and what it can hold up to... not TV obviously (unless screwed to studs) 🤔😀

Yes, never be a first adopter…..

The sheets are a new thing, but clay walls are literally ancient, being the very first material people egnet built houses with. And Germany has an unbroken tradition for working with clay walls for the half-timbered houses.

clay sheets are not new. just clay sheets with paper are new. maybe there is also a new clay sand mix used for the sheets. its a very low risk

@@shedlife1783 Never be a first adopter _unless_ you can document it in a vlog.

Gilt auch für Lampenauslässe, oder dort wo man schon weiss das schwerere Sachen gehängt werden, dort am besten wirklich eine Platte an die UK schrauben.

In part that is just due to the very strict German building codes, but she is building a remarkably well built house even for German standards

I think this stuff gets mesh over the whole thing, so no need

Festool green.

Or is it a Learherman laser?

The frontside get a special cover. She said a mesh matrial.

I was thinking the same about the paper side because on drywall the paper would be on the front.

​@@emiliohhDrywall has paper on both sides

I know but why does that only have it on one side and on the side that goes against the studs. @@niceguy191

Clay can have minerals and heavy metals in it… ceramicists/potters are cautioned not to breathe the dust…

@@eileenbrodie7686 fair point. As someone who’s experienced both though, the difference is profound. Sheetrock dust is light, travels aggressively, and is toxic on another level. One nice thing about heavy metals, they’re literally heavy, resin dust is not that.

How do you know it's greener than drywall?

​@@C4Ariesbecause Laura chose it. She always seems to go as "green" as she can go!

​@@C4AriesI'm wondering the same. Transportation differences alone might make this stuff far less "green" if you look at something like carbon emissions for example