[GSBN] OSB inside walls

[Van Krieken]

Hi

In the picture you see the prefab strawbale walls she is covering with OSB.
I allways recomend to cover those walls wuth clay,  but in this case the
owner decided to use OSB.


A segunda, 19/08/2024, 20:57, Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> escreveu:

> 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
>
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