[Strawbale] GREB

[Peter van Balen]

Seeing that you mailed from a French email address, and because I  
haven't found anything in English for you (yet), here are some French  
links:

http://compaillons.naturalforum.net/technique-du-greb-f27/methode-greb-t727.htm
http://approchepaille.forumactif.fr/forum.htm


On 9 janv. 09, at 19:37, Philip Makin wrote:

>
> Hi to you all !
> We want to built a small staw bales house with the GREB - method  
> (Evented in
> La Baie (Quebec in about 1994).
> If somebody has already built according to this method, please let  
> us know.
> We are eager to learn about your experiences.
> Thanks in advance.
> Helga and Philip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "peter van balen" <peter at tentotwo...>
> To: <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:20 PM
> Subject: [Strawbale] Re: psocids
>
>
>> Rob,
>>
>> Thanks for that link - I had a look at it and I'm pretty sure they  
>> are
>> psocids (plus the odd plaster beetle, typeD: sylvanus bidentatus).
>> But I'm still puzzled, though not overly worried, why they are  
>> there when
>> the bales haven't been plastered yet, have been stored dry and well- 
>> aired.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:44:21 -0400
>> From: "Rob Tom" <ArchiLogic at yahoo...>
>> Subject: [Strawbale] Re: psocids
>> To: "European strawbale building discussions"
>> <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
>> Cc: SB Yahoos <SB-r-us at yahoogroups...>
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>> On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:54:56 -0400, peter van balen <peter at tentotwo... 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So I remain a bit puzzled (maybe they're not psocids?)
>>
>> Peter;
>>
>> If you've not already had a look at the "Bugs In Wet Conditions" file
>> stored as SB-r-Us, you might want to. It will have images of the  
>> various
>> critters that appear in human environments when there are amenable
>> elevated moisture levels and contains discussion about each.
>>
>> When trying to capture the images of little critters whose size may  
>> only
>> be 1.5 - 3 mm in size, it sometimes is more effective to use a  
>> scanner
>> rather than a camera.
>>
>> What I've often done is *gently* sandwich the little critters between
>> pieces of acetate (or similar thin, hard, clear plastic), taping  
>> the edges
>> if necessary to prevent their escape and then place the bug  
>> sandwich onto
>> the platen of the scanner, juxtaposed with a scale and covering  
>> with a
>> sheet of white paper --and then scan both sides at the highest  
>> resolution
>> setting possible.
>>
>> If you end up with good quality "mug shots" of your as-yet
>> unidentified/questionable-identity bugs, I'd be happy to include  
>> them in
>> the file for future reference.
>>
>> Good quality images always make identification easier.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> === * ===
>> Rob Tom
>> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
>> < A r c h i L o g i c  at chaffY a h o o  dot  c a >
>> manually winnow the chaff from my edress in your reply
>>
>>
>>
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