[Strawbale] External cladding

[paul sheraton]

  Regarding the plastering of bales if they are going to be finished with  
external clading, a suggestion might be to dip the edges of the face edges 
of the bales in a clay slip before the walls go up, a la Tom Rijven (the 
french dip) Using this method the first 3 or 4 cms of the bales is 
impregnated with clay.

>From: "Eric Larmett" <Eric.Larmett at arup...>
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>Subject: [Strawbale] External cladding
>Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 15:26:14 +0100
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>Most of the information on cladding tends to be on the use of lime
>render or plaster rather than cement and this is understood. Does anyone
>have experience of using a cladding system, such as tile hanging.
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>I envisage the use of straw bales as the load bearing wall with a
>breathable membrane battens and vertical tiles. This should allow the
>wall to breathe, move and shed rain.
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>Comments would be welcome.
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>Regards
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>Eric Larmett
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