Re: SB: Strawbales in Ireland

[Speireag Alden <Joshua.M.Alden.91@alum.dartmouth.org>]

Sgrìobh Mary Wedel:

>I'm not at all sure that this message will get to the right place - 
>I'm very computer illiterate!  But here goes...

     It got to me, anyway.  I haven't seen any other replies, so now 
that I have a moment I'll reply myself.

>Is there anybody out there that would have experience of strawbale 
>building in wet and windy climate?  The roof is on, windows and 
>doors in, but bales still exposed at this stage.  They are tarped 
>externally and we are hoping for the best over winter.

     It sounds like you're okay for now.  What exactly do you need to know?

>Would anyone like to share experiences with earth and lime mixes in 
>humid and weather beaten conditions?  Sounds scary?  I'm not 
>sleeping!!!

     They'll work fine if you do it right.  Lime stucco worked 
exceptionally well in that climate for our ancestors.

-Speireag.
-- 
To face death, live.

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