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Re: [Strawbale] French SB Network is looking for official european SB tests



Salut André,

This raises lots of questions, as you are probably well aware of - to quickly name a few:

What's the purpose of 'validating' the use of SB as infill:
- standardising construction (i.e. infill) techniques?
- standardising strawbale specs (dimensions, density, R-value)?
- … (other)

Would (future) professional builders have to follow these (future) codes to be able to be insured? Is this a (future) customer-led/demended process or profesional/ ssupply-led?

Would any use of SB (as infill) not following (future) code thus 'invalidate' such use?

Warm regards
Peter

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Hoi Peter,
What kind of tests/data are you looking for?

All certified tests/data.
And for what use: load-bearing and/or infill?

These 'building codes' (R?gles Professionnels) will only validate the
use of non structural SB infil that can hold earth and/or lime plaster. But that does not mean we are not interested in other validated testing
(nor does it mean that loadbearing is not alowed, it is just more
difficult to get the the professional builder insured)

kind regards,
Andr?