Re: [Strawbale] garden wall -- and international workshops!

[Catherine Wanek <blackrange@zianet...>]

At 09:59 AM 2/12/03 +0000, Chug wrote:
> Greetings baleheads,
> Thanks for the responses to my last post about strawbale walls, BUT what
> I
> should have said was,  Does anyone have any deatails for Garden
> walls?

Hi Chug --

There is actually a self-published how-to booklet developed by a Tucson
builder, called "How To Build Landscape and Privacy
Walls."   It includes the Tucson code for building these
types of walls.  It is thorough, but several years old, and some of
its recommendations might be said to be
"overbuilding."   But it is still the only specific
resource for these walls, so I do carry it -- in fact the author Tim
Farrant turned over the materials to me, as he is now a buddist living in
Hawaii.   You can find it on our website at
www.strawbalecentral.com 

There is also a video I have one copy of.  I decided not to carry
the video, because -- while much of it is good -- it neglects a proper
foundation for the wall, and this is too critical an omission in my
opinion.

RE -- International Workshops, Builders Without Borders is developing a
series of low-cost housing workshops in Mexico -- just across the border
from El Paso, TX -- for this spring.

We also have been in a dialogue with an interesting project developing in
Israel.

For more information visit
www.BuildersWithoutBorders.org 
-- which has recently been completely revamped and updated, thanks to our
new assistant director Owen Geiger.

Regards,
Catherine Wanek
Adminstrative Coordinator
Builders without Borders
www.builderswithoutborders.org

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