Le 4 déc. 12 à 16:26, Ken Norton a écrit :
>> Interesting but I hope they're putting in a sprinkler system.
>
Compressed the straw won't catch fire as there's no O2 to keep a flame
going - at worst will consume slowly after the furniture has long
gone ...
> Hmm. I'm thinking that as those bails decompose that it would generate
> some heat too.
>
Won't decompose as it is compressed and locked in by the plaster/
cement cover - so, so long as it remains dry ...
Even pests are known not to invade this type of construction.
A friend of mine is finishing his own straw -and beams- house these
days.
He had thoroughly studied the question before opting for the system.
Experts tell him his house will be totally passive in our temperate
semi-continental climate.
If this may be an indication, even the insurance company has given him
the green light ...
Ph
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