[GSBN] Another request for help - about equivalances for light straw clay

[Joyce Coppinger]

> Amen to that, David!
> 
> Joyce
> 
> The message below is from Gord Baird in Victoria, British Columbia Canada at
> Eco-Sense... 
> 
> I find myself, after all these years of doing this, feeling more than a little
> frustrated at how much time and money we spend trying to prove that building
> in ways that have worked for centuries still work, while the folks building in
> ways that are driving all of us and our children up and off the edge of a huge
> cliff continue to get a free pass. One day, may the opposite the case...
> 
> David Eisenberg
> 
> This was addressed to Jack Stephens of the Natural Building Network and me:
> ===============
> 
> I have a client who is pulling her hair out.  She has spent well over $6000 on
> an engineer, to redesign a recyled Panabode with a larsen truss, with an
> earthen/lime plaster on the exterior, and light clay infill.  The District of
> Swchelt (north of Vancouver) now wants equivalencey testing.
>  
> We have papers from Minke showing the perm ratings, and the R-Values of each;
> we have the plans of other buildings that have been built using similar
> materials.  The District is making this impossible for her.
>  
> Do you have any sources of equivalencies for light clay straw (at 200 KG/m3)
> and for 1 1/2 " earthen plaster with 1/2" lime plaster?
>  
> Thanks in advance for any help that might exist.
>  
> Regards,
> Gord
> 
> www.eco-sense.ca
> 
> 
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