Have you ever considered using hemp for a building material?
Did you know that it can be stronger than cement and 1/6th the weight?
There is a French woman who has built over 300 houses with a mixture of hemp and cement lime. When the hemp fibres are mixed with the cement lime the hemp petrifies and turns to rock. Madam Pierrier has more orders than she can fill because of the restriction in growing hemp.
Home owners are going ‘green’ one room at a time. It is now possible to get wood flooring from sustainable forests and wool carpets that are backed with hemp.
‘Going Green’ is a lot cheaper than it used to be as more products become available.
Hemp is a natural product and is also used for clothing and household linens. Many people who are allergic to artificial products use hemp for clothing, bedding and in the living areas.
For more information on using industrial hemp in Australia go to www.cannabishhemp.info.
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Houses built from hemp have been found to use less energy, create less waste and take less fuel to heat than conventionally constructed homes.A variety of wood-like products, such as fiberboard, roofing tiles, wallboard, paneling, insulation and bricks, can be made from the compressed hurds. The fibers can also be used like straw in bale wall construction or with mud in a sort of modified cob style of building.