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HI folks,
I was fortunate enough to
attend the California Straw Builders Association Conference (CASBA) last month.
They are truly a great organization and a great group of people. Some of the
discussion surrounded some evidence that metal ,any metal in a straw wall was
having water condense on it and creating a focal piont for rot in the straw.
Avoiding rebar pinning seems easy enough to avoid, but I am still interested in
using steel cable as tie downs for load-bearing walls.
So I'm
looking for anecdotal evidence about metal causing rot in straw especially
cable. I'm also looking for suggestions about poly strapping or some
alternative to the steel cable system that would be fast and
efficient.
Aaron Corbin
Viroqua, WI
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