Re: SB: A new Tie down method for SB ???

["Huff 'n' Puff Constructions" <huffnpuff@shoal.net.au>]

G ' day Dom

We always use a bottom plate system, in load bearing or in-fill, for many
reasons:

1 As an anchor for the high tensile wire.
2 To give the bales another 100mm off the ground.
3 We fill the bottom plate with pea gravel to absorb any wayward moisture should
it get in.
4 As a place to attach the netting if we use it.
5 We anchor the bottom plate with chemset or dyna bolts.  This gives us security
from wind loads.
6 We use cypress pine which is highly termite resistant, (available only in
Australia).
7 We place a DPC made from galvanized steel which also acts as an ant cap below
the bottom plate.

We drill 12mm holes every 450mm at the bottom of the bottom plates to take the
wire and we put a 12mm diameter plastic pipe through the bottom plate to guide
the wire through at the time of pre-compression.

Photos of the basic system we use are on:

http://strawbale.archinet.com.au/build.htm

Kind regards The Straw Wolf
http://strawbale.archinet.com.au
61 2 6927 6027


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