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| Courses you've missed in 2007 but they are keep here so that you can browse around the various organisations | |||
| March 3 |
Shingle Making - With Darren Hammerton For
details telephone 01730 823 166 or email courses@earthworks-trust.com |
Dorset
Centre for Rural Skills |
£56 |
| March
14 |
Wood
Shingles - This One Day course will look at the options and techniques
for roofing and cladding buildings with wood. Timber is entirely renewable,
good to work with and can be energy efficient and economic. You will
also explore the qualities and properties of timber and consider the
advantages and drawbacks. |
Cornwall
Sustainable Building Trust Gaia
Centre, Delabole, Cornwall, UK |
£60 |
| May
11 |
Introduction
to Scantle Slating - This course will cover marking out, making
a scantle, making and fitting pegs, cuting roof slates and laying
with lime mortar. |
Cornwall
Sustainable Building Trust Trelowarren Estate Helston, Cornwall, UK |
£60 |
| May 16 |
Introduction
to Green Roofs - This seminar will answer these questions and
MORE! What benefits does installing a green roof have on a building?
Do green roofs help the environment? What types of plants survive
on a green roof? How do you maintain green roofs? How much does a
green roof cost? What soil is used on a green roof? Are there green
roofs in the area? If so, where are they? What are intensive and extensive
green roofs? What are some design differences between them? Is there
a market for green roofs in North America? Where can I learn more
about green roofs? |
Green
Building Institute 7761 Waterloo Rd, Jessup, Maryland, USA |
$43 Register by Apr 16 |
| July 15-20 |
Green
Roof Design and Installation - First,
we will look at precedents through published case studies and visiting
a few regional examples. In the second part of the course will review
the technical components and the layering of the two green roof systems.
In the final part of the course, we will construct a green roof as
the topper to a 150-200 square foot building, and then plant it with
our selected vegetation. |
Yestermorrow Warren, Vermont, USA |
$750 USD |
| July 25 | Living
Roof Systems - Part of a series of one-day workshops included
in the Natural Building Components module of our Natural Building
School. |
The
Rockies |
$79 |
| Courses you've missed in 2006 but they are keep here so that you can browse around the various organisations | |||
| April 7-16 |
Bioconstruction
- Living Roof workshop for a Strawbale House (Ismael Caballero); Reciprocal
Roof Workshop for the Water House (Ismael Caballero); Multimedia presentation
of EcoVillages and GEN (María Vázquez) and other well
being seminars. Course given in Spanish. Contact elmolino@ecotopia.es |
Casas
de paja Spain |
apply |
| April 27-28 |
Thatch
- A three-day hands-on introduction to thatch. |
Cressing Temple Barns, nr Witham, Essex. UK |
apply |
| April 28-30 |
Roofing
- Whether you have a straw-bale house, a rammed earth house or a conventional
building - you're going to need a roof! This course is for you if
you are considering building a new roof, or just repairing or insulating
an existing one. Whether you are employing a builder or doing the
work yourself, it will help you to understand more about how a house
works. |
LILI Winslow, Buckinghamshire, UK |
£120-180 |
| May
12 |
Introduction to Scantle Slating - The one day course will cover marking out the roof, making a scantle, making and fitting pegs, cutting roof slates and laying wit lime mortar. There will also be discussion on the various different styles of scantle roof. | Cornwall
Sustainable Building Trust Robinsons
Shaft, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, UK |
£50 |
| June
16 |
Introduction
to Roofing - The course will consist of a practical, hands-on
day during which trainees will learn about the range of modern tiles
and slates available on the market and how to use them to roof a building. |
Cornwall
Sustainable Building Trust Robinsons
Shaft, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, UK |
£50 |
| June
16 |
Introduction
to Roofing - The course will consist of a practical, hands-on
day during which trainees will learn about the range of modern tiles
and slates available on the market and how to use them to roof a building. |
Cornwall
Sustainable Building Trust Robinsons
Shaft, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, UK |
£50 |
| July 21-23 |
Shingle
course - Learn how to create shingles using a froe to split the
timber along its grain, then lay the shingles onto a roof structure. |
Cornwall
Sustainable Building Trust Robinsons
Shaft, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, UK |
£150 |