My brother, who lives in Bulgaria, uses straw in his "horseshit plaster". This
is an old technique for covering internal walls, using natural materials (:-))
and enabling fast and long-lasting work.
Chris
On 5 Dec 2012, at 17:58, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Very interesting. I've never heard of this [hay bale construction]
>
> I've worked on a half-dozen such buildings. They are quite common in
> Permaculture circles.
>
> In our climate, straw bale is often combined with other natural building
> techniques, such as cob (clay-straw matrix) or light clay infill (wood chips
> or straw coated with a clay slurry). Typically, one would use straw bale for
> the north wall for its insulation value, and cob on the south wall for direct
> solar gain and thermal mass.
>
> Straw bale construction can yield R-36 walls -- about three times what you
> get in stick-frame-fiberglass construction.
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