SB: Re: Bale tops

["John Dittli" <dittli@earthlink.net>]

Hi Paul

We left our bale tops for the most part unrendered. I started hauling mud up
there in 5 gal. buckets but found it difficult to get the bucket in between
the roof and bales so I gave up! As recommended in some of the books though,
we did drape the top in plastic. This eliminates, hopefully, the possibility
of the bales getting wet from above via a faulty roof or flood from the
second floor. The fiberglass ceiling insulation then runs over that. I
should also note that we did try to mud bale tops in proximity to electrical
wiring (the only ignition source in our walls). Without a source of ignition
it seems unlikely for walls of any type to catch fire. As I have said
before, if fire reaches the top of my walls, the last thing I'm going to be
concerned about as I sift through the ashes of what was once my home, is
what my walls were made out of.

As for rodents, a sidebar to my 5yr project is this. I have yet to find any
mouse nests in the straw, but a number of them in fiberglass (no accounting
for taste eh?).

John
John Dittli Photography
www.johndittli.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fox" <paulfox@ozemail.com.au>
To: <strawbale@crest.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: SB: Bale tops


> Good morning all,
>
> Could someone help me with some information/ideas on leaving the tops of
> bales open/un-rendered.
>
> Paul Fox
>
>
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