[Strawbale] Strawbale Digest, Vol 41, Issue 5

[Rikki Nitzkin]

Yes, thank you. I understand this issue. I said the same thing when  
contacted for information. However the case is not that the walls grow  
fungi. The idea is that this person wants to build a MUSHROOM FARM. He  
wants the mushrooms to grow inside the building, not inside the walls.  
But for the mushrooms to grow he needs 75-90% Humidity inside the  
building (as if it were a Sauna). So the question is how to avoid that  
this necessary humidity affects the walls that surround it.

I know that some people have made SB Saunas, so I suppose that the  
solutions that work for that would work for this...but am unsure as to  
what solutions have worked, and more importantly which ones have  
failed...

sincerely,
Rikki





El 10/04/2009, a las 12:00, strawbale-request at amper....muni.cz  
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> Hi Rikki,
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> Here in the UK we of course havea high humidity pretty well year  
> round and we have successfully built commercial straw bale buildings  
> using walls that are lime plastered and quite capable of looking  
> after themselves. I also have first hand experience of building a  
> livestock house (for pigs). The non-structural bales were recorded  
> at 16% moisture when they went in and were kept dry, lime plastered  
> on the outside but left natural on the inside with a close pattern  
> wire mesh to protect the surface from being eaten! Fungi did grow on  
> the exposed surface of these internal walls but we controlled them  
> by using an off the shelf mold inhibitor which still allowed the  
> walls to breathe. The buildings were taken down after 5 years of  
> pretty continous use. I have spoken to my colleague David Thorne and  
> he is adamant that the bales were as good as the day they went in  
> though he didn't test the moisture content.
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> My view is that the excellent thermal insulation of straw bale walls  
> is a perfect opportunity for your application as you can get a very  
> stable internal environment especially if you exploit straw in the  
> roof. The techniques to allow zero thermal bridging, managed  
> ventilation and a breathable envelope are key along with the  
> ensuring the right bulk density, moisture content and low embodied  
> microbial levels of your straw.
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> Good luck!
>
> Mark
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Rikki Nitzkin
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>  Subject: [Strawbale] Fwd: Humidity within a bale house....
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>    I have recently gotten an email from a man who wants to build a  
> SB mushroom farm. He would like to know if it is a problem that the  
> INTERIOR of the building has a humidity level of 75-90%.
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>    I usually prefer to use breathable earth plasters (or lime), but  
> I am wondering if this would be a good case to apply a WATERPROOF  
> (cement? latex paint?) plaster to the interior of the building to  
> avoid excess humidity in the walls.
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>    Any thoughts/suggestions?
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>    Rikki Jennifer Nitzkin
>    Coordinadora de la Red de Construcci?n con Balas de Paja
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