Placing hempcrete - The Hempcrete Topic: Designing and Building with Hemp-lime - page 354

The loose hempcrete is spread around evenly, and patted
down.
Basic method
While placing hempcrete is not as hazardous as mixing it, it is important to wear the appro-
priate personal protective equipment (PPE) - see Chapter 9 . Ensure that, as a minimum,
everyone is wearing long sleeves with a pair of chemical-resistant PVC gloves and a pair
of latex gloves underneath to protect from any stray particles of lime-covered hemp find-
ing their way inside the PVC gloves. Especially when placing for several days, encourage
people to use barrier cream and moisturizer to avoid lime drying their skin out and then
working its way into the cracks.
Before beginning to place hempcrete, check around to ensure that everything that needs to
be fixed before the placing starts has been completed, for example natural drip details at
the plinth (see Figure 14(b), page 246 ) .