Re: SB: straw bales in wet England

[billc_lists@greenbuilder.com]

>Help needed on ongoing discussion/debate on straw bale house in England.
>I am interested in the idea, but am sceptical about the long term
>survival of the walls in a wet and constantly high humidity environment.
>Straw has been used there for roofing for thousands of years, but needs
>to be replaced on a regular basis, perhapes around every 25 years for
>straw and 70-80 for reed.
>There are any number of individuals that are utilising new techniques
>and materials, but to date, I am unaware of any practical straw bale
>house other than experimental/demonstration versions.

Barbara Jones of Amazon Nails (http://www.strawbalefutures.org.uk) 
estimated to me recently that she and her crews have done at least 40 
SB homes in England.  Contact her for details;  she hasn't yet had 
time to list them in the International Straw Bale Registry 
(http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com).

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