Clay earth plans

Discover our natural clay coating to easy and pleasant application. The clay adapts to your gesture and is available in very varied finishes to create a Original interior decoration.

A clay plaster has mineral effectstextured, smooth and uniforms. The clay plasters are reversible, which means a possibility of recovery of your realization endlessly.

The clay is the ecological binder par excellence because there is no cooking in manufacturing to obtain it. The clay earth coating is healthy, pure, our plasters give a decorative note of an intensity, light and inimitable force.

What are natural clay plasters?

THE Clay or earth coatings are mixtures of unwashed clays mixed with fine sand in order to obtain a natural and breathable finish for interior walls. They have been used worldwide for thousands of years and still exist in many traditional vernacular buildings.

Natural decoration

What decoration effect provides clay in relation to waxed concrete with lime?

The clay earth coating gives a fine and sanded appearance, which gives a slight harmonious relief to your walls.

The clay is soothing because it regulates the humidity of the air (in winter, it keeps heat, and in summer when the air is too dry, it returns humidity during the day, to lower the heat feeling ) to your pieces.

How to delete the resonance of the walls?

By its composition based on sand, the clay earth coating breaks the resonance effect and improves phonic comfort (the musicians love it), which makes it an ideal coating for living rooms, living room, dining room, bedroom.

Contrary to popular belief, we can also put clay in wet rooms, to avoid having fogging on mirrors and windows, and the development of molds on the walls.

How to recover a clay earth coating wall?

It is impossible to miss the realization of a clay earth wall because clay has a reversible property, there is no chemical transformation, we are on natural material. It is the evaporation of water which allows to have a solid support.

It is therefore enough to seriously wet its support to find the flexibility of the material, and to make it with the foam Taloche to repair a hitch, a bump, or correct a defect in the wall.

How to create a relief drawing on a wall? Use a clay plaster

The clay with its malleability property allows you to easily make personalized decorations on your walls, you can for example write the first name of a child in your child’s room. Here is the kind of effect you can get with clay

History of the use of earth clay

Clay plasters have often been used in old buildings in the United Kingdom as a base layer, with a lime finish layer, because clay is cheaper than lime.
clay plasters add an additional (magnificent) dimension to living spaces

Clay is a better description than the earth, because the earth contains aggregates (stone, gravel) and also living materials. The clay is formed from the chemical alteration of the Feldspath rock, and is in all countries. It is a clay basement that is used, not topsoil.

The clay coating can be used as a base layer when mixed with coarse sand, with hemp or a minced straw binder, and can be used with finer sands to produce a finish layer. There are many kinds of different clays that can be used in coatings. Some clays are hard but not very hygroscopic (seevantages’), and others are softer but absorb more humidity. The best coatings will be hard and hygroscopic, and often the best way to get there is to mix clays.
clay plasters at work

Clay plasters lost favor in the 20th century with evolution towards synthetic, non -breathable construction materials, but we are witnessing the start of a renewal with increased interest in natural houses for environmental and health reasons . Clay plasters are intended for internal use only, but can be used outside as a base layer for a lime finishing layer.

What are the advantages of clay plasters?

Environmental benefits

• No cooking is required, which reduces energy consumption and emissions.
• Totally biodegradable
• The clay does not harden chemically like gypsum – it dries; At least for the base layer, if it dries, you can wet it and put it back in place, which means less waste.
• No unpleasant chemicals

Benefits of the Earth Clay For the Building

Breathable: clay plasters prevent excess humidity in vulnerable buildings. The clays are hygroscopic – they absorb moisture if the humidity is high, maintain it without being damaged, and when humidity falls, they release humidity in the air. They thus maintain constant humidity and minimize humidity and mold caused by condensation.

The gypsum on the other hand absorbs moisture, but it is not breathing, because it does not let the humidity out, and it gets felling during the process – it is molded, and / or plaster can blow, and fall.

Clay can be used with / on other breathable materials without removing their breathability.

Flexibility: the clay is flexible and flexible, and can move, like lime, without cracking; It can face situations where you get minor movements, and is therefore excellent in old houses.

Gypsum, on the other hand, is not flexible and is split with minor movements.

Wood protection: lime absorbs humidity by capillarity, but with clay, there is a chemical attraction that attracts humidity – and as clay absorbs moisture faster than lime or wood, it Remove the humidity of the wood from the building, protecting them from humidity, mold, rot and insects.

In addition, as clay absorbs humidity, it seals and prevents water from passing through the structure of the building. The humidity is maintained and released when the air surrounding it dry. This is why clay can be used to cover a pond – the clay allows so much humidity and then provides a barrier.

Aesthetic: plaster clay are beautiful in their texture and the way they reflect light, and they have an organic and natural appearance.

Advantages of clay plaster for health

THE clay Maintain a constant relative humidity of around 50-60%, which is beneficial for people with asthma or other respiratory problems, but harmful to mites, which reduces allergy problems.
They do not contain unpleasant chemicals and are capable of absorbing toxins and thus improving indoor air quality. Of course, you will try not to use toxic cleaners or buy toxic products for home, but in our time, it is difficult to avoid toxins completely and that is why clay plaster can help you .

You must be in a room with a clay coating to understand how beautiful, sensual, natural … they are responsible for our well-being.