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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Hello everyone!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>New on this discussion and needing some
info.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Me and my partner are building a straw bale and earth
roof pod in Spain (north though, very wet) and are building it on chestnut posts
about a meter from the ground. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>My questions are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>- Do we still need drainage in the same way that if we
were doing it with regular foundations?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>- Are mice and other little animals able to get up
there and munch on the hay bales?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>- With the earth roof, do we worry about ant
colonies?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>thank you all.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>