[Strawbale] Strawbale Digest, Vol 86, Issue 5

[alison kruickshank]

Hi
Re ;-are strawbale houses allowed in Wales - well strawbale extensions are. I'm in the process of building one onto a stone cottage in north Wales. I decided to use an independent building control company that have experience in strawbale (and car tyre foundations - well now they do!!)
Good luck with the project
alison
 

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   1. Re:  Strawbale Digest, Vol 86, Issue 2 (Keith Russell)
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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:54:09 -0700
From: Keith Russell <mooncat_2005 at operamail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Strawbale Digest, Vol 86, Issue 2
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It all depends on the Council planners policy.   The frame design I
want is custom made tor bales, not other insulation.  I'm looking at a
plot next week, but I don't want a "UK Generic" built to "only just"
meet the efficiency requirements.



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Keith Russell
mooncat_2005 at operamail.com





On Tue, Apr 2, 2013, at 09:43 AM, Michael K. Lough wrote:

Hello Keith

Are strawbale houses 'allowed' in Wales? Or does straw just get
substituted for insulation in frame construction? Any comments would be
appreciated!

I went to school in Brecon and know the country a bit. Is there a
separate building code for Wales ?

Regards
Michael Lough

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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:13:59 +0100
From: Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk>
To: Strawbale <Strawbale at amper.ped.muni.cz>
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Strawbale Digest, Vol 86, Issue 2
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On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 13:54 -0700, Keith Russell wrote:
> It all depends on the Council planners policy.

No. Planners are concerned about the outside appearance of buildings,
not about the materials they are built from (except insofar as they may
have policies to encourage environmentally-friendly building).

Building Control are the people who are interested in how the building
is constructed - whether it will stand up, how quickly it will burn down
etc. The local authority (a.k.a. Council) building control may vary in
their attitudes and knowledge but you are free to ignore them and choose
an independent building control agency who has experience of straw bale
construction. Contact me offlist if you need more details.

>    The frame design I want is custom made tor bales, not other
> insulation.  I'm looking at a plot next week, but I don't want a "UK
> Generic" built to "only just" meet the efficiency requirements.
>
> Keith Russell
> 
> mooncat_2005 at operamail.com




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