Re: SB: Hybrid Straw/Post and Beam/Timber raincladding

["Robert W. Tom" <ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>]

6/24/02 7:45:51 AM, JessChristman@aol.com wrote:

>  My proposal is for a Post and Beam structure, with Straw bale infill.
>  Instead of
>  finishing the external surface of the strawbale with stucco, I am proposing
>  to attach a sturdy breather-membrane, and then apply a rainscreen using
>  larch cladding.

Jess;

The plaster is intended to serve several functions: 
rodent/insect/fire/air/moisture barrier as well as providing in-plane shear 
resistance and in Australia, a barrier against drunks driving SUVs. 

If your proposed "breather-membrane" system can provide all of the same 
functions or if you provide suitable substitutes, then the larch rainscreen 
cladding system should be fine.



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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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