Montana Cob Cottage: Sleeping loft

Thursday, July 3, 2014

RMH insulation

Posted on 12:01 PM by cristile

The brickwork heat riser of the RMH is wrapped in hardware cloth and filled with insulation. We decided to use perlite for the insulation and added a coat of clay slip so that it will not settle over time. Lucky for us, clay was readily available for free on the building site.

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