Mark,<br><br>We've been testing the bale wrap idea in various ways: wrapping metal buildings and cmu's inside and out. Though I think we are far from a publishable conclusion, or even a conclusion worth banking a large liability claim on, It seems to work best with lime slurry dipped bales stacked slow enough to let the slurry dry substantially. I would invest heavily in an overhang and design the interior finish to be less permeable than the exterior of the bale finish. and if the CMU's are already heavily coated with paint on the exterior I'd consider sandblasting that off.<br>
<br>That's my undereducated "building science from the hip" solution for now. Wishing we all had more experience and money for testing. <br><br>Tim<br><br>P.S. Matts and Judy's guest house is a gorgeous example and I hope he chimes in but I think his climate is significantly different enough to not translate as a comparative success.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:14 PM, nature boy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moontrout@yahoo.com">moontrout@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Folks,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><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 style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Airspace between or not?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Mark Lakeman</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">Communitecture, Inc.</span></div><div><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 face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Chris Magwood <<a href="mailto:chris@chrismagwood.ca" target="_blank">chris@chrismagwood.ca</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network" <<a href="mailto:GSBN@greenbuilder.com" target="_blank">GSBN@greenbuilder.com</a>><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>
<br>
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 href="http://www.glassford.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.glassford.com.au</a></span><br>
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