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The Cobbler's Cottage was originally built as a 2 over 2 cottage with double tiered front piazzas. The cottage was made of wooden clapboard siding and wooden shingle roofing. The inside walls were made of plaster & horse hair and heated by four fireplaces in two chimneys.
A horse's tail. Horsehair is the long hair growing on the manes and tails of horses.It is used for various purposes, including upholstery, brushes, the bows of musical instruments, a hard-wearing fabric called haircloth, and for horsehair plaster, a wallcovering material formerly used in the construction industry and now found only in older buildings.
Lime plaster is a type of plaster composed of sand, water, and lime, usually non-hydraulic hydrated lime (also known as slaked lime, high calcium lime or air lime). Ancient lime plaster often contained horse hair for reinforcement and pozzolan additives to reduce the working time.
The house changed hands, passing to Collette and Charley Sartorette in 1946, who raised horses on the property. [4] The original location of the house was 14301 S. Bascom Avenue. In 1979, the house faced the threat of demolition due to a zoning change from agriculture to planned development. This action cleared the area for commercial use.
Manila hemp fiber has been used as a substitute for hair. Plaster for hair slabs made with manila hemp fiber broke at 195 lb (88 kg), plaster mixed with sisal hemp at 150 lb (68 kg), jute at 145 lb (66 kg), and goats' hair at 144 lb (65 kg). [citation needed] Another test was made in the following manner. Two barrels of mortar were made up of ...
This 10-bed, nine-bath, 8,400-square-foot, Gothic Revival-style home in St. Matthews was built in 1853. Take a peek inside the Inn at Woodhaven.
The young horse can become enthralled by something as simple as blowing air or a pile of dirt (his favorite to roll around in), which keeps Molly Jo on her toes. Clearly, there's never a dull day ...
A traditional coarse plaster mix also had horse hair added for reinforcing and control of shrinkage, important when plastering to wooden laths and for base (or dubbing) coats onto uneven surfaces such as stone walls where the mortar is often applied in thicker coats to compensate for the irregular surface levels.