<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Barbara and all,<div>i will love to have UK building regulation spread all around europe :-)!!</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>arq. valentina maini</div><div>arquitectos ara B sccl.</div><div><a href="mailto:www.ara-b.org-valentina@ara-b...">www.ara-b.org-valentina@ara-b.org</a></div><div>t.f. +34 933197631</div><div>ronda sant pere 58, pralB 08010 barcelona</div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>El 04/11/2009, a las 19:11, Barbara escribió:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Hi Martin<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><em><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black; ">Best wishes</span></font></i></em><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><em><i><font size="2" color="#3366ff" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); ">Barbara Jones FRSA<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><em><i><font size="2" color="#3366ff" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); ">Director</span></font></i></em><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="#3366ff" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><em><i><font size="1" color="teal" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: teal; ">The library extension that we helped design and build for Calderdale Council at Shelf, Halifax, has won the Halifax Courier Environmental Design Award.</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size="1" color="teal" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; color: teal; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><em><i><font size="1" color="teal" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: teal; ">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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></i></em><em><i><font size="1" color="red" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: red; ">And has now won a Commendation in the International awards!</span></font></i></em><font size="1" color="navy"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><em><i><font size="1" color="green" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: green; ">Barbara Jones</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size="1" color="green" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: green; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>FRSA</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size="1" color="green" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: green; ">, 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)</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size="1" color="green" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: green; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for SET discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship.</span></font></i></em><i><font size="1" color="green" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: green; font-style: italic; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><font size="3" color="red" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana; color: red; ">WARNING! Strawbale building can seriously transform your life!<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Martin Mikush<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>04 November 2009 12:16<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:strawbale@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">strawbale@amper....muni.cz</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Strawbale] gabions for foundation walls ???</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Hi Barbara<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>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?<br>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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>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?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>I Hope that the EU goverment could be "pushed " for unification of building codes towards sustainable , organic mataeriasl and theyr approval.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Barbara , I did visit (last day of) your workshop at Hotnica/<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2008 and it was such a inspiring event in my life. Hope we can do more workshops and spread the word by doing !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Cheers<br><br>Martin Mikush<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:strawbale-request@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">strawbale-request@amper....muni.cz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tyre</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>foundation (Barbara)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0000<br>From: "Barbara" <<a href="mailto:barbara@amazonails....uk" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">barbara@amazonails....uk</a>><br><br>Hi Jure<br><br>We have built several buildings using car tyres as foundations. All have<br>full<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>building regulation approval and are made using rammed stone or<br>reclaimed road scrapings. As with all foundations you must remove all top<br>soil and make sure that the subsoil is strong enough to take the loads of<br>what you are building. You will find more information on our website<br><a href="http://www.amazonails.org.uk" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.amazonails.org.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="http://www.amazonails.org.uk/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.amazonails.org.uk/</a>><br><br>Good luck<br><br>Barbara Jones FRSA<br><br>Director<br><br>The library extension that we helped design and build for Calderdale Council<br>at Shelf,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Halifax</st1:place></st1:city>, has won the Halifax Courier Environmental Design Award.<br><br>One of the buildings we have been involved in, the largest strawbale<br>building in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, a saleroom of 1100sq.m built for Sworders Ltd, has just<br>won the Sustainability Award from the East of England RICS.And has now won a<br>Commendation in the International awards!<br><br>Barbara Jones FRSA, Founder and Director of amazonails, has been named Woman<br>of Outstanding Achievement 2009 by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Resource Centre for Women in<br>Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) for SET discovery, innovation and<br>entrepreneurship.<br><br>Please visit<br><<a href="http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529</a>><br><a href="http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for more<br>information.<br><br><br><br>WARNING! Strawbale building can seriously transform your life!<br><br><br><br> _____<br><br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz</a>] On Behalf Of Jure Po?ar<br>Sent: 01 November 2009 08:58<br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Strawbale@amper....muni.cz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Strawbale@amper....muni.cz</a><br>Subject: [Strawbale]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tyre</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>foundation<br><br><br><br>Hi,<br><br><br><br>I got attention from Tia & Donald and building a tyre foundation. How did it<br>turn out at the end and after some time now? I am planning to do a 2 rows of<br>residue tyre foundation for my house, so this is why I am asking. Are there<br>any test done so far on what is the lifetime of such foundation and if any<br>problems are encountered and what should you pay attention to. I am planning<br>to make a first fow of tyres into the ground and the second above ground.<br>Shall the tyres be filled with a gravel?<br><br><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Jure Po?ar<br><br><br>amazonails<br><br>Hope Mill<br>Crescent Street<br>Todmorden<br>OL14 5HA<br><br>Tel. 0 (+44) 845 458 2173<br>Fax. 0 (+44) 1706 814696<br><br><a href="http://www.amazonails.org.uk" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.amazonails.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br><br clear="all"><br>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Martin Mikush_______<br><a href="http://alchemyarch.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://alchemyarch.net</a><br>_____________<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><font size="6"><b>amazonails</b></font><font size="4.5"><sup>®</sup></font><br><span style="color: rgb(121, 140, 120); "><b>strawbale innovations</b><br><br>Hope Mill<br>Crescent Street<br>Todmorden<br>OL14 5HA<br><br>Tel: 0 (+44) 845 458 2173<br>Fax: 0 (+44) 1706 814696<br><br><a href="http://www.amazonails.org.uk" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.amazonails.org.uk<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br><br></span><br>This transmission, its content and any attachments are intended only for the use of the recipient(s) and it may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. 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