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We also had to store our bales for a long period outdoors. We used plastic tarps and also lost a lot of bales because they had gotten wet.<BR>
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If you need to store them outside make sure that you put them on pallets to start with.<BR>
Next, avoid horizontal surfaces. Stack them to form a piramid and put a ball on the top one so that no water is able to form a pool. Because if it does it will make your bales wet either it will find a hole or by diffusion.<BR>
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Good luck,<BR>
Cas<BR> <BR>
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<DIV id=SkyDrivePlaceholder></DIV>> From: crkennedy@eircom.net<BR>> To: strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz<BR>> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:11:23 +0100<BR>> Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Quick and efficient<BR>> <BR>> I stored my bales for a year under a black plastic tarp in the West of <BR>> Ireland which is quite wet and very windy. I lost 20% of them but they were <BR>> cheap so it didn't cost that much. The bottom layer of bales which were on <BR>> pallets were unusable after storage and some at the top and sides also. I <BR>> rolled the sides of the tarp around a 35 x 45mm x 4.8m length of lumber and <BR>> hung weights (concrete blocks) along it to hold the tarp down. Big problem <BR>> was neighbours cat liked to sit up there and the claws punched little holes <BR>> in the plastic. So a better tarp would be a good idea. I also lived on site <BR>> and remember spending a fair bit of time making it secure and patching etc. <BR>> so I would not attempt outdoor storage again - there is the potential to <BR>> lose them all.<BR>> <BR>> Ciaran<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 14:50 +0300, Martin Mikush wrote:<BR>> >> Hello<BR>> >> I have cheap axess to strawbales. Unfortunately have no land available<BR>> >> for proper strawbale building.<BR>> >><BR>> >> I am looking into any ideas for a fast track building process of a<BR>> >> straw bale small house or efficient starage for using them and keeping<BR>> >> them dry for next year.<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> ____________________________________________________<BR>> European strawbale building discussion list<BR>> <BR>> Send all messages to:<BR>> Strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz<BR>> <BR>> Archives, subscription options, etc:<BR>> http://amper.ped.muni.cz/mailman/listinfo/strawbale<BR>> ____________________________________________________<BR>> <BR>> <BR></DIV> </div></body>
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