Re[2]: [at-l] Straw Bale House

[daniel@circumtech.com (Daniel Berlinger)]

> "...In fact a number of straw bale houses have been built in the East."
> 
>  It will be interesting to see how long they last and how energy efficient they
>  remain as the straw settles. I can't imagine straw being a structural element
>  in a permanent building.

It will be interesting. Straw settling is usually not an issue WRT insulative factors because most structural bale designs call for the bales to be pre-compressed (as a unit not individually.) not simply left to compress by load. The science of bales is really quite facinating.

 
>  I've learned a few things since I wrote a book on the subject, but if anyone
>  wants to know about the state of my knowledge in 1880, send an address and I'll
>  send you a copy. They're free. But I enclose a brochure from our land trust to
>  tempt you for a contribution.

Weary, I know you've been around, but 1880? I suspect the state of your knowledge in 1880 was... non existant. :)

d.