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Building biology counselling at Lehm-Laden:
Understand. Decide. Build with natural building materials.
Are you planning to design your home with moisture-regulating building materials made of hemp and lime? Do you want to renovate an old house, insulate it with natural materials or are you looking for the right colour for your walls - inside or outside? Perhaps you've already gathered a lot of information, but there are still a few things you're missing?
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buying clay at Lehm-Laden
This means choosing a building material made from natural raw materials with a very low primary energy demand. A clay plaster offers several advantages at once: it is an extremely user-friendly building material, flexible and versatile in use, and available in various texture grades and colours. It can be applied equally well by hand and with plastering machines. In addition, a clay plaster can buffer fluctuations in indoor humidity and is produced without firing – with a correspondingly low primary energy demand (around 0.14 MJ/kg non-renewable primary energy according to the EPD for clay plaster mortar, Dachverband Lehm e. V.).
Lehm kann Feuchteschwankungen der Raumluft puffern: Steigt die Luftfeuchte, etwa beim Kochen oder Duschen, nimmt eine Lehmoberfläche Wasserdampf auf und gibt ihn wieder ab, sobald die Luft trockener wird. Wie viel, hängt von Schichtdicke, Oberfläche und Anstrich ab – Lehmputze werden dafür nach DIN 18947 in die Sorptionsklassen WS I bis WS III eingeteilt. In diffusionsoffen aufgebauten Wänden kann Feuchtigkeit nach außen abtrocknen. Weil Lehm eine niedrige Ausgleichsfeuchte hat, trägt er in Fachwerkbauten dazu bei, angrenzendes Holz trocken zu halten. Für die Lehmputze von conluto liegen Herstellererklärungen vor, nach denen sie die Schadstoffanforderungen für das staatliche Qualitätssiegel Nachhaltiges Gebäude (QNG, Anhangdokument 3.1.3) erfüllen.
Clay plaster for your house - whether for the renovation of a half-timbered house or for a new building: clay is a jack-of-all-trades among building materials.
However, clay plaster is not the only natural building material. A comfortable building consists of more than just a good plaster made of clay or lime: insulation against heat and cold, wall heating for comfort and colours for enjoyment.
Lime as a building material - it's like clay, only a bit more. Clay is an earthy building material because it actually comes directly from the earth. Lime also comes from the earth, but is far more complex - and is also associated with exciting chemical processes such as setting and adhesion to different surfaces. Do you have any questions about building with lime? You can find the answers here, and you can also buy lime plaster in the Lehm-Laden shop.
Colourful wall paints for clay or lime plaster. Painting a clay or lime plaster is the reward for a lot of previous work: the final activity, the result of which you can enjoy every day. Colours are not only an ornament and decoration of the house, but also an expression of your personality. Are you inspired by fashionable ideas or do you prefer to stick to timeless beauty? You can find clay and lime paints for all applications and aesthetics in the Lehm-Laden shop.
A brief introduction to building materials: The different clay plasters
All areas of application require the variants optimised for them, as the clay building materials differ in terms of composition, grain size, additives and mixing ratios. Sand or plant fibres are added to clay plasters, insulating bricks or drywall boards in order to ideally fulfil their respective purpose. Even plaster and plaster can be very different: coarse or fine, light or heavy, coloured or earthy.
A coarse base plaster, for example, is used to level out unevenness, as a leveling mortar, or for insulation systems. The much finer clay finishing plasters and fine finishes, on the other hand, are suitable as final coats. They also differ from one another visually and to the touch due to their texture or color. Some create smooth, paint-ready surfaces, while others allow you to get creative and design finished surfaces—premium plasters that are dyed throughout or enhanced with special additives make this possible. Before you buy clay plaster, make sure you know exactly what you’ll be using it for. That way, you’ll find the right product.
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The Lehm-Laden is more than just an online shop. Thinking, feeling and loving clay: That's us. Fascination, amazement and daily joy at what you create: that's the Lehm-Laden. Compassionate action, customer proximity, tried and tested tips: That's the Lehm-Laden.
At the Lehm-Laden, you can not only buy clay, but also rely on expert advice on the various building methods and all our products, Europe-wide deliveries and a large selection. As craftsmen, earth builders and building biologists, we impart specialised technical knowledge in a practical manner and support you in selecting the ideal building materials for your exact needs. We also offer certified building biology consultations, in particular on building physics and breathable wall construction with natural building materials.
In addition to our wide range of products and telephone, written or personal consultations, you will also find books on earth building: ideal for house builders and self-taught builders who want to acquire basic knowledge about the various earth building products and their processing.
Craftsmen by origin - we love what we all create from clay, lime and many other natural building materials. Together we are working on a world with a good future. We, that's not just us from the Lehm-Laden. You can also become a part of the Lehm-Laden: Every customer, every craftsperson, every manufacturer, every truck driver or parcel courier is part of the Lehm-Laden cosmos.
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