[Strawbale] RE: Strawbale Digest, Vol 1, Issue 520

[ben albu]

Hi Ruth,

Here in Brussels, Belgium there is a company that´s specialised in making  
bathrooms, kitchens, hammans, ... in tadelakt.

Their website is : www.couleurstadelakt.com

Cheers

Ben

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:27:18 +0100, Ruth Walker  
<walker_re2002 at yahoo....uk> wrote:

>>
> Hi Chug,
>
> Thanks for the course, and the answers. Any idea about building free  
> form baths/shower stalls etc over the plywood sheeting and then using  
> some sort of waterproof plaster. The stuff in morocco I saw (tadelakt)  
> was shiny and kind of like marble...
>
> Do the permitted development rights you are talking about also including  
> businesses? Our business is a charity on long term rented (NHS)  
> premises...
> Any help greatly appreciated. The planning department sounded very  
> dubious when we called up and mentioned 'straw bales'...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ruth
>
>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:31:00 -0000
>> From: "Chug." <chug at strawbale-building....uk>
>> Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Waterproofing bathrooms,	circular buildings
>> 	and other questions
>> To: "European strawbale building discussions"
>> 	<strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
>> Cc: strawbale at listserv....org
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>> Hi Ruth
>>
>> El lupo the huff n puff staw wolf has answered some of your questions
>> already but here goes,
>> 1. same as wolfie and I have seen plywood sheets on stud work then tiled
>> over as well.
>>
>> 2. You have what are termed 'permitted development rights', roughly it  
>> means
>> if you are not living in it and it is more than 5m
>> from any existing dwelling and is no more than 4m to highest point of  
>> the
>> roof  IIRC, it doesn't need Planning permission full
>> details http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1144640#P101_18228
>>
>> 3. I have built a 3.5m internal size (4.5m external) for an infant  
>> school
>> playground in solihull.
>> http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk/solihull.JPG
>>
>> 4. Again I agree with El lupo's comment that you do need so much glass  
>> when
>> you have good insulation like straw bale walls.
>>
>> bale on
>> Chug
>> chug at strawbale-building....uk
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ruth Walker" <walker_re2002 at yahoo....uk>
>> To: <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:31 PM
>> Subject: [Strawbale] Waterproofing bathrooms,circular buildings and  
>> other
>> questions
>>
>>
>> Hello strawbalers,
>>
>> I'm new to this list, having been recommended it by Chug on his course
>> at LILI in September. Thanks Chug...
>>
>> I have lots of questions:
>>
>> 1) Does anybody know anything about waterproofing bathrooms that have
>> strawbale walls?  I was looking at the moroccan technique of Tadelakt a
>> kind of waterproof plaster finish using lime, egg yolks and soft soap.
>> Has anyone tried this?
>>
>> 2) We are planning on building a 12 x 5m garden workshop at my place of
>> work. Does anyone have any idea if this would be considered an
>> outbuilding? I've tried to go to the planning departments website but
>> its not that helpful. Are there any basic guidelines. Has anyone had
>> experience about building at a workplace? We're in Oxfordshire if that
>> helps.
>>
>> 3)What is the minimum circle diameter anyone has used succesfully with
>> strawbales?
>>
>> 4) How feasible is it to have a loadbearing strawbale building with one
>> wall of mainly glass or at least windows. Or would it be better to have
>> some sort of timber frame... what is a good ratio of glass to bale?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>>
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