Talks and Presentations

Training aimed at building professionals

Amazonails offers regular training events in its all weather training centre in Todmorden, but also at different venues across the UK, including strawbale seminar venues in Hackney and Windermere.
There is also the option for us to come to you.

We offer:

CPD Seminars for professionals in the Built Environment industry

  1. Strawbale building: Building Regulations, better than zero carbon option, thermal efficiency and air tightness
  2. Moisture management in strawbale design
  3. Why and how to use lime for plasters and renders
  4. Modern uses of clay plasters

Seminars are £100 / person / day including lunch.

A range of fully illustrated presentations

  1. Strawbale building and Building Regulations
  2. What's different about building with straw
  3. Straw as a better than zero carbon option
  4. Moisture management in strawbale design
  5. How to use straw as a structural block
  6. Use of straw for commercial buildings
  7. Low impact, cement free foundations
  8. Modern uses of clay plasters
  9. Why and how to use lime for plasters & renders
  10. Thermal efficiency and Air Tightness

Presentations £200 inc travel at your own venue.

Please contact us if you would like to bring your group to our premises in Todmorden, or use one of our alternative strawbale buildings as a venue in Hackney or Windermere.

A variety of practical workshops on strawbale building, lime plastering, clay rendering and low-impact foundations

We try and ensure that training course fees remain affordable to participants so we offer a sliding scale of fee dependant on a participants' income or employment status. These are currently £40, £60 or £85 / person / day for unwaged, waged and high waged status.