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-# Wattle & daub+This topic is part of [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. 
 +====== Wattle & daub ======
  
  
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-## What is wattle & daub?+===== What is wattle & daub? =====
  
 Historically, wattle and daub has been one of the most common wall infill techniques for [timber framed](/buil/building) buildings. Sarah Partridge at Orchard Barn defines it quite simply as ‘mud and sticks’ - the sticks being a lattice of woven strips of wood, like a hurdle, and the mud being a daub of local, clayey subsoil, possibly mixed with animal dung and plant material. Historically, wattle and daub has been one of the most common wall infill techniques for [timber framed](/buil/building) buildings. Sarah Partridge at Orchard Barn defines it quite simply as ‘mud and sticks’ - the sticks being a lattice of woven strips of wood, like a hurdle, and the mud being a daub of local, clayey subsoil, possibly mixed with animal dung and plant material.
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-## What are the benefits of wattle & daub?+===== What are the benefits of wattle & daub? =====
  
 Wattle and daub makes use of local subsoil, a free and readily available material. Builders can plunder the waste heaps of roadworks, and construction sites, taking away subsoil which would otherwise be hauled away to landfill. Even if you have to resort to digging it up you end up with a hole which can be turned into a pond. Wattle and daub makes use of local subsoil, a free and readily available material. Builders can plunder the waste heaps of roadworks, and construction sites, taking away subsoil which would otherwise be hauled away to landfill. Even if you have to resort to digging it up you end up with a hole which can be turned into a pond.
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
 Wattle and daub is a cost-effective wall system, relatively easy to learn and fun to do. It is slow compared to building a modern stud wall with boards, and as with any natural material, the techniques need to be learned to a certain extent through trial and error, particularly as materials, not least subsoil, vary very much from area to area. Perhaps the best way to learn the basics is to go on a course. The mixing of the daub, use of the withies, and the 'slapping on' application technique may all be straightforward, but to gain confidence in a technique there is no substitute for learning it alongside someone experienced. Wattle and daub is a cost-effective wall system, relatively easy to learn and fun to do. It is slow compared to building a modern stud wall with boards, and as with any natural material, the techniques need to be learned to a certain extent through trial and error, particularly as materials, not least subsoil, vary very much from area to area. Perhaps the best way to learn the basics is to go on a course. The mixing of the daub, use of the withies, and the 'slapping on' application technique may all be straightforward, but to gain confidence in a technique there is no substitute for learning it alongside someone experienced.
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:buildings|Buildings & construction]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/buildings). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [Tony Graham](http://www.tonygraham.co.uk/house_repair/wattle_daub/WD.html) - wattle & daub dissertation - [Tony Graham](http://www.tonygraham.co.uk/house_repair/wattle_daub/WD.html) - wattle & daub dissertation
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 - [Weald & Downland Museum](https://www.wealddown.co.uk/museum-news/wattle-and-daub/) - articles and courses - [Weald & Downland Museum](https://www.wealddown.co.uk/museum-news/wattle-and-daub/) - articles and courses
  
 +===== Related topics =====
  
- +- [[hrdl:hurdles|Hurdles]]
-## Related topics +
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-- [[wattle_and_daub|Hurdles]]+
 - [[timb:timber_building|Timber building]] - [[timb:timber_building|Timber building]]
 - [[rwtf:round_wood_timber_framing|Round wood timber framing]] - [[rwtf:round_wood_timber_framing|Round wood timber framing]]
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 - [[clay:clay_plasters|Clay & earth plasters]]  - [[clay:clay_plasters|Clay & earth plasters]] 
  
-## Specialist curators of this topic+ 
 +===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
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