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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Amen to that, David!<BR>
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Joyce<BR>
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The message below is from Gord Baird in Victoria, British Columbia Canada at Eco-Sense... <BR>
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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...<BR>
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David Eisenberg<BR>
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This was addressed to Jack Stephens of the Natural Building Network and me:<BR>
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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.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">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. <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">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?<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Thanks in advance for any help that might exist.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Regards,<BR>
Gord<BR>
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