Re: [Strawbale] Fire testing

[Catherine Wanek <blackrange@zianet...>]

For Robert Shadbolt (et all) -- Besides the European fire
tests, there have been some in the US.  Stuccoed (one-coat)
straw-bales passed a 2-hour (ASTM 119) fire test, which gives them a
commercial rating.   Also they passed a flame spread
test.  The results of both of these tests should be on the
Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) web site at
www.dcat.net

regards,
Catherine

At 09:21 AM 4/23/03 +0200, you wrote:
> Dear Robert Shadbolt and others who
> don`t know
>
> We (GrAT/TU Vienna/IBO/ASBN) made official firetests in Austria, where
> a
> plastered strawbale-wall resisted 90 min fire, the material strawbale
> was
> recognized as B2 (normal flammable). These tests are available on
> our
> austrian website
> www.baubiologie.at.
>
> Here the link to the download section:
> http://www.baubiologie.at/download/zertifikate/F90.html
> http://www.baubiologie.at/download/zertifikate/b2.html
>
> insulation capacity:
> http://www.baubiologie.at/download/zertifikate/lambda.html
>
> As far as I know, there are no tests for 2.5 hours in Europe.
> There are additional Danish (F30) and German tests (B2).
>
> Best wishes from Austria
> Herbert Gruber
>
> -------------------------------
> asbn austrian strawbale network
> herbert & astrid gruber
> http://www.baubiologie.at
> email: asbn@aon...
> -------------------------------
>
> G' day Euro Balers
>  
> Can you guys and gals help our pommie friend here re fire tests?
>  
> Kind regards
> The Straw Wolf
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: robert shadbolt
> <mailto:rs007e3212@blueyonder....uk>
>
> Dear Mr Glassford
>  
> My name is Robert Shadbolt, I am in my final year of a Building
> Surveying
> degree in England and I am doing my dissertation on building with
> straw
> bales.
> I am trying to find any information, in the form of reports to
> substantiate
> the properties of straw bales, such as fire resistance etc. So far tests
> in
> the UK seem to be non existent and I was wandering if you could tell
> me
> where the figure of 2.5 hrs that is on the Newton House website came
> from.
> Any help would be gratefully recieved.
>  
> Yours Sincerely
>  
> Robert Shadbolt, Bristol, England
>
>
>
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