Re: [Strawbale] termites

["Simon Blackbourn" <piemanek@gmail...>]

Have you heard of Thlolego? It's an established eco-village project near Rustenburg about an hour north of Joburg. We spent a couple of months there in 2002 and found it very inspiring. They worked with Brian Woodward from Australia and developed a low cost, ecological housing construction method perfectly suited to the climate there. It's not actually strawbale, instead they use earth-filled sacks that are plastered. The buildings are extremely beautiful, you can see them on their website: 
http://www.sustainable-futures.com/. Their philosophy is to train local people in all the skills needed to build this type of housing for themselves.

I'm sure they would have advice for you, and also contatcs to other projects in S Africa.

Cheers
Simon

On 16/05/06, CAMP: c'Lanne moroney <camp@camp2020...> wrote:

am investigating the possibility of buidling with strawbale in south
africa, and am wondering about the problems with termite infestation.
are there any boron treatments, or is is a question of detailing,
ensuring no holes and so forth. building on a raised platform,
therefore introducing the usual anti-climb techniques, is a
possibility, though not ideal.

regards

c'Lanne


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