<font size="4">The hurdle is always regional and local building code acceptability. Perhaps we might know of any problems (and how they were overcome) in this area and if new definitions like 'cellulose' being used in description of insulation infill to frame construction were employed in building permit applications?</font><div>
<font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I agree the separation of art from science is probably a good thing unless it promotes transporting wall units through 3 countries by diesel powered trucks.</font></div>
<div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Regards</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Michael Lough</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:00 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:strawbale-request@amper.ped.muni.cz">strawbale-request@amper.ped.muni.cz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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1. Re: Was Strawbale dome - Now Pre-fab (Max Vittrup Jensen)<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Max Vittrup Jensen <Max@PermaLot.org><br>To: <a href="mailto:strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz">strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz</a><br>Cc: <br>Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:45:58 +0100<br>
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Was Strawbale dome - Now Pre-fab<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote>Derek et al.<br><br>
Things change fast...so do minds. When I first heard about pre-fab I scorned the idea, now I believe it's the way of the future for SB building. It's the most effective way to build, it can be done year round, it's safer, and even ergonomically better!<br>
With all due respect for other continents, then it seems that a number of companies in Europe are leading in this field. Here's the ones I know about:<br><br>The ones present at the ESBG 2011:<br>Belgian Pailletech: <a href="http://www.pailletech.be" target="_blank">www.pailletech.be</a> (Pre plastered)<br>
Latvian Ecocoon: <a href="http://www.ecococon.lt" target="_blank">www.ecococon.lt</a> (light weight)<br><br>In UK there's:<br>Eco Fab <a href="http://www.eco-fab.co.uk/pages/evolution" target="_blank">www.eco-fab.co.uk</a> (closed with OSB)<br>
Modcell: <a href="http://www.modcell.com/" target="_blank">www.modcell.com/</a> (solid wood frames)<br><br>Between them all there's Dutch<br>Rene Dalmeijer <a href="http://www.tuvalustrobouw.nl/" target="_blank">www.tuvalustrobouw.nl</a> (Out-sourced production to Romania)<br>
and creative wood construction in Austria: <a href="http://www.kreativerholzbau.at/" target="_blank">www.kreativerholzbau.at/</a> (Closed panels; can't tell which material)<br><br>And lets not forget that all along foundation boxes have been used by Swiss big baler:<br>
Werner Schmidt <a href="http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch" target="_blank">www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch</a> (solid wood frames)<br><br>I'm certain there's companies I'm not aware off, and I hope you'd reply to this post to make the list more complete?<br>
<br>Common to all is a high level of professionalism, presenting a product readily accepted by the main-stream 'consumer', thus helping to get SB building out of the decade old stigma's.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Max Vittrup Jensen<br>
<a href="http://www.jen-sen.cz" target="_blank">www.jen-sen.cz</a><br><br>On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Derek Roff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:derek@unm.edu" target="_blank">derek@unm.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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To counter-balance my negative comments on strawbale domes, I want to provide a few links to some interesting and encouraging approaches to building with strawbale. In addition to the well-publicized and carefully refined building methods that have been developed over the last twenty years of the strawbale building revival, new ideas and techniques are always popping up. Some of them make more sense to me than others. I am intrigued with many of the panelizing systems for strawbales (and depressed by the obvious flaws in a few of them). If this interests you, take a look at the links below, one of which I included yesterday. John Glassford is the only person I have heard of experimenting with tilt-up interior strawbale walls (150mm thick), as well as other panel ideas. Chris Magwood has a modular panel wall system that I find very exciting and promising. Both these systems apply the plaster/render with the wall in horizontal position, which is an incredible help to quick and effective plastering. <br>
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