[Strawbale] gabions for foundation walls ???

Wed Nov 4 19:31:31 CET 2009

Dear Barbara and all,
i will love to have UK building regulation spread all around  
europe :-)!!

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El 04/11/2009, a las 19:11, Barbara escribió:

> Hi Martin
> Yes we also have experience of designing gabion foundations, also  
> approved by UK Building regulations. Not with a timber frame on  
> gabions that you talk of, but I can’t see any reason why they should  
> not be approved in that case also.
>
> Best wishes
> Barbara Jones FRSA
> Director
>
> The library extension that we helped design and build for Calderdale  
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> has just won the Sustainability Award from the East of England RICS.  
> And has now won a Commendation in the International awards!
> Barbara Jones FRSA, Founder and Director of amazonails, has been  
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> From: strawbale-bounces at amper....muni.cz [mailto:strawbale-bounces at amper....muni.cz 
> ] On Behalf Of Martin Mikush
> Sent: 04 November 2009 12:16
> To: strawbale at amper....muni.cz
> Subject: [Strawbale] gabions for foundation walls ???
>
> Hi Barbara
> You mention getting tyre foundation walls approved. I wonder if you  
> (or anyone on this list) know any precedents of small wood frame  
> houses with gabions as foundation walls?
> I have to plan for a quick construction of a small (6.5x10 meters)  
> wood frame house in the foothills of a mountain here in Bulgaria  
> (EU). Hot and dry summe and a lot of gravell / stones available.
> Do you (or anybody on this list) know about submitting construction  
> drawings of structures using "alternative" building materials , such  
> as : strawbales or tyres or gabions for approval supporting the  
> "case" with similar building structures approved throughout the EU?
> I Hope that the EU goverment could be "pushed " for unification of  
> building codes towards sustainable , organic mataeriasl and theyr  
> approval.
>
> Barbara , I did visit (last day of) your workshop at Hotnica/  
> Bulgaria in 2008 and it was such a inspiring event in my life. Hope  
> we can do more workshops and spread the word by doing !
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin Mikush
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:00 PM, <strawbale- 
> request at amper....muni.cz> wrote:
>
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Re:  Tyre foundation (Barbara)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0000
> From: "Barbara" <barbara at amazonails....uk>
>
> Hi Jure
>
> We have built several buildings using car tyres as foundations. All  
> have
> full UK building regulation approval and are made using rammed stone  
> or
> reclaimed road scrapings. As with all foundations you must remove  
> all top
> soil and make sure that the subsoil is strong enough to take the  
> loads of
> what you are building. You will find more information on our website
> www.amazonails.org.uk <http://www.amazonails.org.uk/>
>
> Good luck
>
> Barbara Jones FRSA
>
> Director
>
> The library extension that we helped design and build for Calderdale  
> Council
> at Shelf, Halifax, has won the Halifax Courier Environmental Design  
> Award.
>
> One of the buildings we have been involved in, the largest strawbale
> building in the UK, a saleroom of 1100sq.m built for Sworders Ltd,  
> has just
> won the Sustainability Award from the East of England RICS.And has  
> now won a
> Commendation in the International awards!
>
> Barbara Jones FRSA, Founder and Director of amazonails, has been  
> named Woman
> of Outstanding Achievement 2009 by the UK Resource Centre for Women in
> Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) for SET discovery,  
> innovation and
> entrepreneurship.
>
> Please visit
> <http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529>
> http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529  
> for more
> information.
>
>
>
> WARNING! Strawbale building can seriously transform your life!
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: strawbale-bounces at amper....muni.cz
> [mailto:strawbale-bounces at amper....muni.cz] On Behalf Of Jure Po?ar
> Sent: 01 November 2009 08:58
> To: Strawbale at amper....muni.cz
> Subject: [Strawbale] Tyre foundation
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I got attention from Tia & Donald and building a tyre foundation.  
> How did it
> turn out at the end and after some time now? I am planning to do a 2  
> rows of
> residue tyre foundation for my house, so this is why I am asking.  
> Are there
> any test done so far on what is the lifetime of such foundation and  
> if any
> problems are encountered and what should you pay attention to. I am  
> planning
> to make a first fow of tyres into the ground and the second above  
> ground.
> Shall the tyres be filled with a gravel?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jure Po?ar
>
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