[Strawbale] gabions for foundation walls ???

[Martin Mikush]

Hi Barbara
You mention getting tyre foundation walls approved. I wonder if you (or
anyone on this list) know any precedents of small wood frame houses with
gabions as foundation walls?
I have to plan for a quick construction of a small (6.5x10 meters) wood
frame house in the foothills of a mountain here in Bulgaria (EU). Hot and
dry summe and a lot of gravell / stones available.
Do you (or anybody on this list) know about submitting construction drawings
of structures using "alternative" building materials , such as : strawbales
or tyres or gabions for approval supporting the "case" with similar building
structures approved throughout the EU?
I Hope that the EU goverment could be "pushed " for unification of building
codes towards sustainable , organic mataeriasl and theyr approval.

Barbara , I did visit (last day of) your workshop at Hotnica/ Bulgaria in
2008 and it was such a inspiring event in my life. Hope we can do more
workshops and spread the word by doing !

Cheers

Martin Mikush

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:00 PM, <strawbale-request at amper....muni.cz> wrote:

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>   1. Re:  Tyre foundation (Barbara)
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> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0000
> From: "Barbara" <barbara at amazonails....uk>
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> Hi Jure
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> We have built several buildings using car tyres as foundations. All have
> full UK building regulation approval and are made using rammed stone or
> reclaimed road scrapings. As with all foundations you must remove all top
> soil and make sure that the subsoil is strong enough to take the loads of
> what you are building. You will find more information on our website
> www.amazonails.org.uk <http://www.amazonails.org.uk/>
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> Good luck
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> From: strawbale-bounces at amper....muni.cz
> [mailto:strawbale-bounces at amper....muni.cz] On Behalf Of Jure Po?ar
> Sent: 01 November 2009 08:58
> To: Strawbale at amper....muni.cz
> Subject: [Strawbale] Tyre foundation
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> Hi,
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> I got attention from Tia & Donald and building a tyre foundation. How did
> it
> turn out at the end and after some time now? I am planning to do a 2 rows
> of
> residue tyre foundation for my house, so this is why I am asking. Are there
> any test done so far on what is the lifetime of such foundation and if any
> problems are encountered and what should you pay attention to. I am
> planning
> to make a first fow of tyres into the ground and the second above ground.
> Shall the tyres be filled with a gravel?
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> Regards,
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> Jure Po?ar
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