Hi Martin
Yes we also have experience of designing gabion
foundations, also approved by UK Building regulations. Not with a timber frame
on gabions that you talk of, but I can’t see any reason why they should
not be approved in that case also.
Best wishes
Barbara Jones FRSA
Director
The library
extension that we helped design and build for Calderdale Council at Shelf,
Halifax, has won the Halifax Courier Environmental Design Award.
One of the buildings we have been involved in,
the largest strawbale building in the UK, a saleroom of 1100sq.m built for
Sworders Ltd, has just won the Sustainability Award from the East of England
RICS. And has now
won a Commendation in the International awards!
Barbara Jones FRSA, Founder and Director of amazonails, has been named Woman of
Outstanding Achievement 2009 by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science,
Engineering and Technology (UKRC) for SET discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship.
WARNING! Strawbale building can seriously transform your life!
From:
strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz
[mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz] On
Behalf Of Martin Mikush
Sent: 04 November 2009 12:16
To: strawbale@amper....muni.cz
Subject: [Strawbale] gabions for
foundation walls ???
Hi Barbara
You mention getting tyre foundation walls approved. I wonder if you (or anyone
on this list) know any precedents of small wood frame houses with gabions as
foundation walls?
I have to plan for a quick construction of a small (6.5x10 meters) wood frame
house in the foothills of a mountain here in Bulgaria (EU). Hot and dry summe
and a lot of gravell / stones available.
Do you (or anybody on this list) know about submitting construction drawings of
structures using "alternative" building materials , such as :
strawbales or tyres or gabions for approval supporting the "case"
with similar building structures approved throughout the EU?
I Hope that the EU goverment could be "pushed " for unification of
building codes towards sustainable , organic mataeriasl and theyr approval.
Barbara , I did visit (last day of) your workshop at Hotnica/ Bulgaria in
2008 and it was such a inspiring event in my life. Hope we can do more workshops
and spread the word by doing !
Cheers
Martin Mikush
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:00 PM, <strawbale-request@amper.ped.muni.cz>
wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Tyre
foundation (Barbara)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0000
From: "Barbara" <barbara@amazonails....uk>
Hi Jure
We have built several buildings using car tyres as foundations. All have
full UK
building regulation approval and are made using rammed stone or
reclaimed road scrapings. As with all foundations you must remove all top
soil and make sure that the subsoil is strong enough to take the loads of
what you are building. You will find more information on our website
www.amazonails.org.uk
<http://www.amazonails.org.uk/>
Good luck
Barbara Jones FRSA
Director
The library extension that we helped design and build for Calderdale Council
at Shelf, Halifax,
has won the Halifax Courier Environmental Design Award.
One of the buildings we have been involved in, the largest strawbale
building in the UK,
a saleroom of 1100sq.m built for Sworders Ltd, has just
won the Sustainability Award from the East of England RICS.And has now won a
Commendation in the International awards!
Barbara Jones FRSA, Founder and Director of amazonails, has been named Woman
of Outstanding Achievement 2009 by the UK Resource Centre for Women in
Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) for SET discovery, innovation and
entrepreneurship.
Please visit
<http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529>
http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=529
for more
information.
WARNING! Strawbale building can seriously transform your life!
_____
From: strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz
[mailto:strawbale-bounces@amper....muni.cz]
On Behalf Of Jure Po?ar
Sent: 01 November 2009 08:58
To: Strawbale@amper....muni.cz
Subject: [Strawbale] Tyre
foundation
Hi,
I got attention from Tia & Donald and building a tyre foundation. How did
it
turn out at the end and after some time now? I am planning to do a 2 rows of
residue tyre foundation for my house, so this is why I am asking. Are there
any test done so far on what is the lifetime of such foundation and if any
problems are encountered and what should you pay attention to. I am planning
to make a first fow of tyres into the ground and the second above ground.
Shall the tyres be filled with a gravel?
Regards,
Jure Po?ar
amazonails
Hope Mill
Crescent Street
Todmorden
OL14 5HA
Tel. 0 (+44) 845 458 2173
Fax. 0 (+44) 1706 814696
www.amazonails.org.uk
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Martin Mikush_______
http://alchemyarch.net
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