[GSBN] OSB inside walls

[Dave Howorth]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:03:14 +0100
Van Krieken <vankrieken at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I have a friend who is building a house with prefabricated straw bale
> walls, but she is having a lot of trouble finding available labor for
> the clay plastering. So, instead of plastering the interior walls
> with clay, she decided to cover them with 12mm OSB boards and then
> apply a thin plaster made of marble dust, clay, and lime.
> 
> I visited the house on a very hot day and was surprised by how cool
> the walls were, which means the thermal inertia is working well.
> 
> On the exterior, she covered the straw bale walls with wood fiber
> insulation boards, plastered them with 10mm of NHL, and then applied
> sprayed cork, which means the wall 'breathes' well through that layer.
> 
> What is your opinion on placing OSB on the interior side of the
> exterior walls?

I'm a little confused by your question. What is on the inside of the
prefabricated straw bale walls as installed? And what is shown in the
pictures?
 
> Jorge Van Krieken
> 
> Green Heritage - Portugal