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Please, for your sake, and in light of questionable materials
and appropriate technologies, Look into adobe, cobb and/or straw-bale before you
make your decisions. Contrary to popular unbelief you can build these structures
in any climate provided you have a good roof. A wooden house can rot if not
built properly. So can clay and straw. But if built properly nothing will look
as beautiful and feel as satisfying.
This is my honest opinion,
Yaya Balinci
i'm not sure if it works with these lists but i've attached a
pdf file (you need Adobe Acrobat to read it, it's free on the
internet)
on strawbale, there are amazing books on the subject as well.
it does not take much looking to see this is one major answer to our futures. in
france it would be as they say parfait! or is it magnifique!
Clifton Perry’s info and links on thermal
mass construction are fascinating, however, as with so much on the web, all
the info tends to be US-centric. I am about to build a house in SW
France where in summer the outside temperature can easily be 95deg, but in
winter the house can often require heating day and night for say four to five
months of the year, albeit with a lot of sunshine. So, I am confused as
to whether I can benefit from using ACC (or a similar local equivalent,) or
whether I should go with a conventional open block arrangement and insulate
the building on the inside. ACC sounds environmentally friendly which is
very important to me, and also, considerably easier to build, but I need to
get this right.
If anybody can set me on the right course I would be most
grateful, also if anybody can suggest a good ACC equivalent available in
France...
Many thanks
Matthew Weinreb
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