[Strawbale] RE: Strawbale Digest, Vol 1, Issue 520
Michael Donnelly
michael at secondnature...
Mon Oct 31 22:52:30 CET 2005
Hi Ruth
You should contact Fran Ryan of People in Charge Ltd who has built a straw
bale office in her garden in Oxford so she knows the planning system
although I think it is fairly easy.
Here's her details:
People in Charge Ltd Registered in England, 55 Henley Avenue, Oxford, OX4
4DJ
t: 01865 396592 m: 07889 209448 e: enquiries at peopleincharge....uk
Michael Donnelly
Second Nature
48 Burrenbridge Road
Castlewellan
Co Down
BT31 9HT
+44 (0)28 43778809
+44 (0)7739518998
michael at secondnature...
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1. Waterproofing bathrooms, circular buildings and other
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2. RE: Waterproofing bathrooms, circular buildings and other
questions (Huff'n'Puff)
3. Re: Waterproofing bathrooms, circular buildings and other
questions (Chug.)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:31:59 +0000
From: Ruth Walker <walker_re2002 at yahoo....uk>
Subject: [Strawbale] Waterproofing bathrooms, circular buildings and
other questions
To: strawbale at amper....muni.cz
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Hello strawbalers,
I'm new to this list, having been recommended it by Chug on his course
at LILI in September. Thanks Chug...
I have lots of questions:
1) Does anybody know anything about waterproofing bathrooms that have
strawbale walls? I was looking at the moroccan technique of Tadelakt a
kind of waterproof plaster finish using lime, egg yolks and soft soap.
Has anyone tried this?
2) We are planning on building a 12 x 5m garden workshop at my place of
work. Does anyone have any idea if this would be considered an
outbuilding? I've tried to go to the planning departments website but
its not that helpful. Are there any basic guidelines. Has anyone had
experience about building at a workplace? We're in Oxfordshire if that
helps.
3)What is the minimum circle diameter anyone has used succesfully with
strawbales?
4) How feasible is it to have a loadbearing strawbale building with one
wall of mainly glass or at least windows. Or would it be better to have
some sort of timber frame... what is a good ratio of glass to bale?
Thanks in advance,
Ruth
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:13:27 +1100
From: "Huff'n'Puff" <huffnpuff at shoal....au>
Subject: RE: [Strawbale] Waterproofing bathrooms, circular buildings
and other questions
To: "'European strawbale building discussions'"
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G 'day Ruth
1. Maybe some answers for you, maybe not. Regarding water proofing
bathroom walls we use a 4" x 2" stud wall over the straw bales and then
render in between the studs wall. We then cover the studs with fibre
cement sheeting which is then waterproofed at the joints with a
proprietary sealer usually fibre glass. We then tile over the cement
sheeting see one photo here which may give you a clue:
http://www.glassford.com.au/Ballarat.htm
2. Do not know of your English regulations sorry.
3. We have built several round buildings now and the smallest is around
3.6 metres diameter internal measurement i.e. 4.5 meters to the external
wall see:
http://www.glassford.com.au/Alt_roof.htm
4. Why do you need so much glass on the southern wall (northern for us)
when you have so much insulation in the straw bale walls. I am of the
opinion that you do not need so much passive solar heating from so much
glass when you have super insulation in the walls. I go for 30% glass
in our northern walls fro passive solar heating. Then again we live in
a hotter climate than yours.
Kind regards
The Straw Wolf
Our Straw Bale Building Web Site:
http://www.glassford.com.au
We Support Coolamon Rotary
http://www.coolamonrotary.com/maps/
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I have lots of questions:
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1) Does anybody know anything about waterproofing bathrooms that have
2 Does anyone have any idea if this would be considered an
outbuilding
3)What is the minimum circle diameter anyone has used succesfully with
strawbales?
4) How feasible is it to have a loadbearing strawbale building with one
wall of mainly glass or at least windows. Or would it be better to have
some sort of timber frame... what is a good ratio of glass to bale?
Thanks in advance,
Ruth
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:31:00 -0000
From: "Chug." <chug at strawbale-building....uk>
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Waterproofing bathrooms, circular buildings
and other questions
To: "European strawbale building discussions"
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Hi Ruth
El lupo the huff n puff staw wolf has answered some of your questions
already but here goes,
1. same as wolfie and I have seen plywood sheets on stud work then tiled
over as well.
2. You have what are termed 'permitted development rights', roughly it means
if you are not living in it and it is more than 5m
from any existing dwelling and is no more than 4m to highest point of the
roof IIRC, it doesn't need Planning permission full
details http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1144640#P101_18228
3. I have built a 3.5m internal size (4.5m external) for an infant school
playground in solihull.
http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk/solihull.JPG
4. Again I agree with El lupo's comment that you do need so much glass when
you have good insulation like straw bale walls.
bale on
Chug
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From: "Ruth Walker" <walker_re2002 at yahoo....uk>
To: <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:31 PM
Subject: [Strawbale] Waterproofing bathrooms,circular buildings and other
questions
Hello strawbalers,
I'm new to this list, having been recommended it by Chug on his course
at LILI in September. Thanks Chug...
I have lots of questions:
1) Does anybody know anything about waterproofing bathrooms that have
strawbale walls? I was looking at the moroccan technique of Tadelakt a
kind of waterproof plaster finish using lime, egg yolks and soft soap.
Has anyone tried this?
2) We are planning on building a 12 x 5m garden workshop at my place of
work. Does anyone have any idea if this would be considered an
outbuilding? I've tried to go to the planning departments website but
its not that helpful. Are there any basic guidelines. Has anyone had
experience about building at a workplace? We're in Oxfordshire if that
helps.
3)What is the minimum circle diameter anyone has used succesfully with
strawbales?
4) How feasible is it to have a loadbearing strawbale building with one
wall of mainly glass or at least windows. Or would it be better to have
some sort of timber frame... what is a good ratio of glass to bale?
Thanks in advance,
Ruth
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