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Hi Everyone,
As some of you know, my personal
goals as a builder are to construct buildings that
are:
1)affordable
3)energy wise
2)require a low amount of
maintainance
3)are built with natural -local
materials
4)and will have a long
life
In the long life department, I've been thinking about
exterior treatments. So to get to the point what about a brick veneer? The brick
would repel water and require low maintainance. I'm imagining a vented
space of 3-4 inches between the bales and the brick. Of course the bales would
be plastered on both sides. The brick cost would be expensive, but reflectecd in
the equity (hopefully). I'm not a mason so there are things I'm overlooking no
doubt. I know that in veneer work they use a "brick tie" that gets sandwiched
between bricks in the mortar and nailed off to the wall sheathing. I don't know
what the SB version of a "tie" would be. Using the brick as a load bearing
element comes to mind, but then the issue of plastering the brick side of the
bale comes up. I understand it is also standard practice to install "weep holes"
at the bottom of the wall in the form of a string wick that allows water that
has gathered on the inside to run out. How these would operate in a SB scenario
is fodder for ponder.
So if this has been tried I would be interested to know
about it. Or if there are any thoughts or conjectures I'd like to hear them
too.
--Aaron
Viroqua,
Wi
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