<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Mark,<div><br></div><div>Even though we didn't wrap the concrete, we have successfully managed to wrap a brick house in the Czech Republic in May 2008. May be you will find the following link useful >>> <a href="http://www.jakubwihan.com/projects/Brazec.html">http://www.jakubwihan.com/projects/Brazec.html</a> >>> No airspace, wrap under compression in two directions (down and simultaneously towards the existing wall), new - superinsulated roof with large overhangs, draining and thermally insulating plinth under the wrap, clay render. That would be summarization of the project. In case you have any question please don't hesitate to contact me.</div><div><br></div><div>Keven Le Doujet >>> <a href="mailto:keven.ledoujet@googlemail.com">keven.ledoujet@googlemail.com</a> >>> had been researching strawbale wrapping for the University of Cambridge in 2008. His thesis >>> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><b>Opportunities for the large scale implementation of straw based external insulation as a retrofit solution of existing UK buildings </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><i>“How much of a good idea is it to externally insulate existing UK buildings with straw bales?” >>> </i></span>might be a good resource.</div><div><br></div><div>With warm wishes</div><div><br></div><div>kuba</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 1 Dec 2010, at 00:14, nature boy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Folks,</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Airspace between or not?</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Mark Lakeman</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Communitecture, Inc.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; "><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chris Magwood <<a href="mailto:chris@chrismagwood.ca">chris@chrismagwood.ca</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network" <<a href="mailto:GSBN@greenbuilder.com">GSBN@greenbuilder.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tue, November 9, 2010 5:50:44 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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><br>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 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>Mountains of the Moon 2011<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org">http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org</a></span><br><br><pre><fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
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