[Strawbale] New project in oxford 6 x 11m building - help!

[CAROL DEAN]

Ruth,

I live in Milton Keynes and so would love to come lend
a hand with the build. I am particualy interested in
the tyre foundations method because i plan to build a
house in the South of France and use car tyres
foundations.

Carol

--- Mark Bigland-Pritchard <mark at lowenergydesign...>
wrote:

> Ruth -
> 
> I'm a long way from Oxford now, otherwise I would
> offer substantial 
> help. I advise that you get in touch sooner rather
> than later with an 
> inspector at Building Control (I think that's city
> rather than county 
> council). Their job is not only to check compliance
> but also to offer 
> advice re getting through the regs, and some
> inspectors can be very 
> helpful. Getting through regs is probably easier
> than you think.
> 
> Also a good idea to book your bales ahead of time -
> that way you can be 
> more fussy about the quality of bales you get (good
> tight dry ones). I 
> would just phone round a few farms, and where
> appropriate visit to see 
> the quality of last summer's bales. But if you have
> difficulty finding a 
> farmer who still produces standard rectangular bales
> of a quality you're 
> satisfied with, look up "hay and straw merchants" in
> the yellow pages.
> 
> Floorboards good - esp. if you are reusing them. I
> assume we're looking 
> at floor joists laid between tyres. I would attach
> hardboard on top (to 
> reduce air infiltration) - then you can put whatever
> surface covering 
> you like on top of that. If you're doing a timber
> floor, it's also worth 
> making sure you have enough space underneath it to
> be able to insulate 
> it properly - I can advise if appropriate.
> 
> Mark
> Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada (but until recently in
> Bristol)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ruth Walker wrote:
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> >
> > Well in my previous posts I may have eluded to the
> fact that at my 
> > place of work, a mental health work rehabilitation
> charity in Oxford, 
> > for which I am supervisor of a group of gardeners
> (we grow and sell 
> > plants and look after the garden), we are making a
> Cafe in what is 
> > currently my workshop. So we need to build a new
> garden workshop. 
> > There was some talk about building a big timber
> shed like thing. But 
> > having just been on LILI's strawbale building
> course. I said 'lets 
> > build it out of strawbales' and the idea stuck. I
> did some drawings 
> > and some costings (with help) and somehow I have
> just been handed 
> > quite a sum of money to build with. So the idea we
> have is to build a 
> > 6 x 11m external dimension rectangular 'workshop'
> out of load bearing 
> > bale structure pinned with locally sourced hazel
> and using reclaimed 
> > doors and windows and hopefully using some
> reclaimed/ second hand/ ex 
> > hardware store timber (there is a wood recycling
> organisation in 
> > oxford). With an wooden framed peaked roof with
> corrugated metal and 
> > plastic (for skylights) sheeting. The gable ends
> of the roof are 
> > intended to be board clad with shiplap or similar.
> Hopefully the 
> > foundations will be compacted rubble trench and
> then rammed earth 
> > tyres (more recycling and all)
> >
> > We have access to lots of labour and not very much
> money, it has to be 
> > built by the end of September when I am supposed
> to be moving back to 
> > Australia.
> >
> > The planning application is underway, But I'm a
> bit perplexed about 
> > building regs. I've just done a project plan which
> has made me tired 
> > just thinking about all the work this is going to
> invlove.
> >
> > 1) Has anyone had a building with rammed earth
> tyres as foundation? 
> > How did they do it? How can we get it to pass
> building regs?
> > 2) What kind of floor should we put in this
> building? How would it 
> > work with the tyres. I was thinking about
> floorboards with vinyl over 
> > as it will be a highly trafficed workshop which
> will need to be easily 
> > kept clean. Rammed earth floors seems like too
> much hard work, but 
> > would consider if easier.
> > 3) Where near Oxfordshire can I get building straw
> bales? How much 
> > would I expect to pay?
> > 4) Can anyone help about getting it to pass
> building regs?
> >
> >
> > Hope you can help, and anybody interested in
> volunteering for some 
> > experience would be highly appreciated.
> >
> > Ruth
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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