On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:39:13 -0500, Asher Hoskins
wrote:

Hello.

Does anyone have any experience with straw bale construction? I'm
pondering options for a self-build at the moment and a wooden framed
house with bale infill looks interesting (mainly due to low U-value,
speed/simplicity of use and cost).

Has anyone here built a straw bale construction? (Or even better, worked
out how to fit one into the building regs!) There's a great deal of
enthusiastic information online from straw bale advocates but some more
dispassionate opinions would be nice.


Asher.

I saw this method used on one of the Louis Theroux, whacky character
shows. It was built in a remote, sparsely populated part of North
America. I remember wondering at the time how long it would take for
the straw bales to disintegrate, given expected humidity levels and
sound construction methods.

There's a lot of vested interest in the high energy production of the
standard insulation materials in this country and elsewhere. I'm sure
they'd use their combined clout to see off this low cost, low energy
interloper in very short order. Probably by use of the building regs.
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Mike Halmarack

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