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Hello,
My name is Tim Owen-Kennedy and I am new to your
list. I am President of Vital Systems, a Natural Building and Design company
operating in Northern California. We are currently building a 18,000 square foot
(@180 square meters, i think) and it has 6 and 8 meter high walls. we have been
useing american style (horizontal) mortar mixers and a 10 cubic meter feed mixer
to make plaster, cob, and straw clay. I hope to share some with you all if I
make it to the meeting in Austria, which looks likely. We do a lot of Lime and
Earth plaster and we have the opportunity to purchase a mixer that looks similar
to ones I used when I was in Europe '90-'91. There are only two for sale in the
us and they are on the East Coast and so I can't see them in opperation or even
in person until I purchase. it is just over .5 cubic meter and is a vertical
shaft mortar mixer. the company is Imer from Italy and they have an electric
option which I would prefer if It can handle even half loads. The web address is
www.imerusa.com and click mixers, then
mortar mixers. to view the schematics.
If any one of you has any experience with this
machine or the company, especially with regards to clay slip, lime puddy or high
fiber dense mixes. that would be greatly apprecciated,
thank you in advance for any help you all can
be,
be well,
Tim
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 4:33
AM
Subject: RE: [strawbale] official
invitation to EU-Gathering
Dear
Astrid, Lisa, Herbert, Markus,
I am
looking forward to join the gathering. Thanks a lot for your
preparations.
Who
is interested to share transport?
Best
wishes, Martin
Dear Strawbalers
This
is the official invitation to the next years European
Gathering.
After your votes for the warmer date and the
suggestions, to make it not on Easter weekend (because of family-matters and
higher prices for international flights and accomodation) we decided to make
it April, Friday 5th - Sunday 7th.
It will take place in the beautiful Wachau on the
Danube (where Austria´s best wines come from), 15 min from Dürnstein, the
village is called Wösendorf.
The programm is the same as
mentioned before:
Thursday: strawbale basics, small
workshop, primarly for interested
people in the region (Austria, Czech
Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary,
maybe Germany,...)
Thursday
evening or Friday morning (until p.m. 9´ clock): arrival of
our
international guests
Friday and Saturday:
half day
European project-presentations: each national strawbale-
network arranges
max. 45 min presentation of the most interesting
projects and experiences
in their country
half day exkursions to Austrian
strawbale-houses
evening: individual dia-shows of European
strawbale-house-projects
Sunday: 5 seperate working groups
discuss:
1) new experiences concerning installation (electricity,
plumbing) and wall-
systems (incl. plastering bale walls)
2)
revitalisation of old houses, barns, halls,... and retrofitting
with
strawbales
3) techniques of low-energy-buildings and
passive-houses with
strawbale insulation
4)
development-cooperation-projects
5) new tests, EU-projects
each
working group is started with a short expert-report (15 min)
The results
of each group will be presented to all the
participants
afterwards
sunday afternoon/evening:
departure
More details and prices (we try to keep it as small as
possible)
are following soon.
Best wishes from
Austria
Herbert
Astrid & Herbert Gruber (ASBN)
Markus
Piringer (Global 2000)
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