[GSBN] prefab strawbale

[John Swearingen]

...ah..how do you go from a Jumbo Bale to an Imperial Six Inch Wall?  That's
a LOT of compression!

Upside Down John

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:37 PM, John Glassford <jacksflat at gmail.com> wrote:

> G ' day
>
> Just my two bob's worth on the "Pommie" panels.
>
> As some of you know we have developed a prototype tilt-up straw panel
> system.  We have now perfected the 150mm thick ones or 6" to you
> imperialists.  So we have made them as wide as 300mm and the ones we have
> built with are 200mm thick by 2.4 x 1.2 m.
>
> What we are finding is that we can make these panels if required on site.
> Our manufacturing plant is highly portable and only needs a small trailer to
> shift the unit.
>
> So we can have the raw material, in our case jumbo bales, delivered to the
> site along with the other materials required to manufacture the panels.
>
> One day we will get round to doing it for a house.  Although having said
> that we need a lot of market research done before we spend any more time and
> money on the idea.
>
> The Pommie panels could easily be done on site without all that extra
> timber i.e. bales as per usual and I do not like the idea of rendering the
> panels before transportation.  They also do not appear to be load bearing.
> Lot of weight to transport when it can all be done on site.
>
> Anyhow progress and it is always good to see others trying new ideas.
>
> They are well made and a step forward to contemporary build in straw bales
> and give greater control on quality of finish.
>
> The other John or The Straw Wolf
>
> Kind regards
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