<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Sorry this thread is all my fault. I only mentioned WS in the context of straw bale because 2 architects in Belford, Northumberland have used bales to infil their post and beam, WS house. The original question was about post and beam....<br>E<br><br><div>Eileen Sutherland <br></div> <div>Bulgarian mob 0899896442 <br>UK mob 07857890805<br>www.hotnitsa.com<br><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>
<br> <br> <br></div><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 11/9/10, Kitta Potgieter <i><kitta.potgieter@googlemail...></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Kitta Potgieter <kitta.potgieter@googlemail...><br>Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Segal method<br>To: "European strawbale building
discussions" <strawbale@amper....muni.cz><br>Date: Saturday, 11 September, 2010, 20:17<br><br><div id="yiv1002839919">He didn't, as far as I'm aware. The Walter Segal method uses standard modular units - as you said: no cutting. A straw bale is a standard unit - but I don't think that's what he had in mind.<div><br></div>
<div>Kitta<br><br><div class="yiv1002839919gmail_quote">On 11 September 2010 17:31, Dave Howorth <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dave@howorth....uk" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=dave@howorth....uk">dave@howorth.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv1002839919gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm surprised that people have mentioned a connection between Walter<br>
Segal and strawbale because I was not aware of it before.<br>
<br>
Segal developed a method of building that was designed to be simple to<br>
use by unskilled people. It uses pad foundations, timber frame studding<br>
and dry panel infill. The studding is set at such spacing that the<br>
infill panels do not need to be cut. One aim is to eliminate wet trades<br>
such as bricklaying and plastering.<br>
<br>
So while strawbales can be used as infill with timber studding, I'm<br>
surprised if Walter Segal had anything to do with it. If anybody has any<br>
references to his involvement, I'd be very interested.<br>
<br>
Walter Segal wrote some books in the late 40s. These include "Home and<br>
Environment", "Housing: the post-war work of the London County Council",<br>
and "Planning and Transport: their effects on industry and residence<br>
(Building and Society.)" but they're out of print.<br>
<br>
Jon Broome's excellent book "The Green Self-build Book" has a<br>
description of the Segal method. The two worked together.<br>
<br>
This web page<br>
<<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.selfbuild-central.co.uk/design/timber-frame-design/post-and-beam/">http://www.selfbuild-central.co.uk/design/timber-frame-design/post-and-beam/</a>> provides a summary and some links to other pages.<br>
<br>
Cheers, Dave<br>
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