[Strawbale] Certificates

[asbn]

Dear Christopher, dear Marcel

Its not so simple.
There are materials in the national building list, according to the  
country codes,
which naturally don't need a CE or other certification.
I can use gravel in my foundation and the one who sells me the gravel,
don't need a CE-certification.

According to the European building-regulations only
modules/assembled building-parts, which are planked on both sides,
need a CE-certification.
For straw-modules, which are not planked on both sides, there is no CE
(e.g. for EcoCocon-modules).

Also there is no CE-certification for straw as a building material.

But there are national and European tests, which lead in some countries
to an ETA or NTA.
If there is a building-strawbale, tested according to NTA or ETA, in  
your country
(like in Germany and Austria), some building officials tell you,
that you have to use these certified bales. But not all of them.

But if there is no national certification, you can build as most of  
the European countries,
by collecting as many tests as possible, to show, that straw bales are  
a safe, good and
common building-material all over the world.

all the best
Herbert
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asbn - austrian strawbale network
asbn at baubiologie.at
www.baubiologie.at



Am 23.08.2014 um 19:07 schrieb Marcel Burgstaller:

> Indeed, nearly every product selled in Europe needs a CE.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
>
>
>> Am 23.08.2014 um 19:52 schrieb Christopher Fraser <chrisf at goop.org>:
>>
>>> On 20/08/14 12:27, strawbale-request at amper.ped.muni.cz wrote:
>>> Hello again and thank you Sven. These are great. We have the posters
>>> already and the PDF?s are helpful but this inspector would like some
>>> sort of ETA and Ce markings for straw, which even here is impossible
>>> to deliver. Any help or suggestions would be helpful to be able to
>>> clear this up.
>>
>> So if it was a stone building would the inspector need CE markings  
>> for the stones?
>>
>> Christopher.
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