<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Folks,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Does anyone have experience or ideas about wrapping an existing or new CMU structure with exterior bales? We have a client asking about this idea and she is worried about dew point between the CMU and bales.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Airspace between or not?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mark Lakeman</span></div><div><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Communitecture, Inc.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">& The City Repair Project </span></div><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 191);"></span><br><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Chris Magwood <chris@chrismagwood.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network" <GSBN@greenbuilder.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, November 9, 2010 5:50:44 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GSBN] Baled Corn/Maize stalks?
Kenya?<br></font><br>
Would there be any concerns with the high sugar content in maize? It
may be a bit more food-like than many types of straw and perhaps a
bit more sensitive to moisture because of the high sugar? I turned
down some maize bales here in Ontario quite a few years ago because
I had these concerns, but then I didn't have the wisdom of this
group to let me know if I was thinking straight or not!<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
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On 10-11-09 5:28 AM, John Glassford wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">G ' day Kelly<br>
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Great to hear of some news on my home Kenya.<br>
<br>
I will be back there next July and if there is anything that I can
do please let me know. I have some good contacts in Kenya through
Rotary and some in government. I did live there for 21 years and
still have some relatives there today<br>
<br>
If corn stalks can be baled then why not! However I am not sure.<br>
<br>
There is a lot of wheat grown in the highlands of Kenya and I also
have some contacts in the farming fraternity there.<br>
<br>
Send me an email off list and I will send you some contact
details.<br>
<br>
Kind regards<br>
John Glassford<br>
Huff 'n' Puff Constructions<br><span>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.glassford.com.au">http://www.glassford.com.au</a></span><br>
61 2 6927 6027<br>
In Australia (02) 6927 6027<br>
<br>
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