[Strawbale] Planning a home of BigBales 2011 in Estonia

[Caroline Meyer White]

Dear Paul and Sven,


Are you familiar with the works from California, Bruce Kings latest book has
a lot of good references on tests.

A load bearing strawbale wall is carried by the plaster skins. It can be
hard to understand, as they are so thin. But because the plaster is always
more stiff then the straw, relatively, the load ends up on the skin, -
untill they crack, then it will go to the bales at some point. The density
of the bales etc does have some relevance, but less then perhaps expected.
>From the Ontario strawbale website there are also a bunch of links to tests,
there have been made several tests on the loadbearing capacity of a
strawbale wall. And ofcourse there is Minkes work, found in his very good
books, lucky those with good German reading skills, as the latest is still
only in German..

Love
Caroline

2011/2/26 paul <paul at naturalbuilding...>

> Hello all!
> We are also interested in this subject here in Finland and would like to
> know about your different thoughts about Creep and load-bearing testing. We
> are building loadbearing with mini big bales  200x 50x 80 lying flat and
> have had some questions from the authorities about these two subjects. When
> trying to show testing from other countries it does not always suit and
> there are not so many exact test results, or are there and we just have not
> found them? We are like Sven dealing with extreme snow loads, e.g. up to 1.2
> meters on roofs this year alone.
>
> Sven, our partner in The Natural Building Company, Anders Westerlund is a
> DI structural engineer  and is constantly working on these tests and trying
> to find solutions for different queries all the time and I think we could
> work together to solve these questions as we are so close to one another and
> have the same climates. If you do make it on Tuesday when I am visiting we
> could discuss this.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Paul Lynch/Manager
> The Natural Building Company Oy
> 00358 44 2509663
> paul at naturalbuilding...
> http://thenaturalbuildingblog.blogspot.com/
> Skype address - paul.g.lynch
>
> www.naturalbuilding.fi
> Y-tunnus 2254617-8
>
> On 25 feb 2011, at 21.53, equilibre wrote:
>
> > Dear SB people!
> >
> > I'm writing to you just to let you know about one of my plans for this
> year
> > and asking for your advice. This summer I would like to build a home for
> our
> > family. I have a design plan with approval from local authoroties and big
> > bales are ready to use, we have some amount of trusses, also clay+sand,
> lime
> > and roof shindles.
> >
> > But still I feel the need for consultation about construction details:
> > foundation, "bearing" posts, ceiling, etc. So far I have built already
> some
> > SB houses, also in our climate, and I have basic knowledge of building
> > principles. But the big (two-storage) load bearing construction seems
> more
> > complicated than my previous experiences can afford.
> >
> > So I would like to invite you to share knowledge about details in big
> bale
> > construction. I have added also some views of the house as it is right
> now
> > (house is a 12m wide and 20m long).
> >
> > Any feedback and advice is warmly appreciated,
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Sven Aluste
> > Estonia
> > www.equilibre.ee/ehitus1.htm
> >
> >
> > *Oleme just need, keda oleme otsinud -
> > We are the one's we have been waiting for. (Hopi saying)
> > <vaated ja loige.pdf><vundamendi
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Caroline, Tahir, Noah

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