G ' day Rikki<br><br>We have built several jumbo bale buildings now, most of them load bearing.<br><br>We did not do any testing as the engineers in every case felt that if the standard bales could bear a roof etc then by extrapolation they saw no problems with jumbo bales which are denser anyway.<br>
<br>We have used the following sizes:<br><br>2.4m x 1.2m x 900mm<br><br>2.4m x 900mm x 860mm<br><br>2.4m x 900mm x 600mm<br><br>We have had no problems with any of them and the oldest is now 10 years old.<br><br>The heights we have reached are around 6 metres in the case of the Lethbridge Winery:<br>
<br><a href="http://glassford.com.au/main/projects-menu/lethbridge-winery/">http://glassford.com.au/main/projects-menu/lethbridge-winery/</a><br><br>The Nalawalla Community Centre in Sydney is also load bearing:<br><br><a href="http://glassford.com.au/main/projects-menu/nulawala-community-hall-fairfield-sydney">http://glassford.com.au/main/projects-menu/nulawala-community-hall-fairfield-sydney</a><br>
<br>And our latest is the hybrid jumbo bale house we are building and here we used the bales on edge giving a finished wall of 700mm x 2.9m high:<br><br><a href="http://glassford.com.au/main/projects-menu/ganmain-new-jumbo-bale">http://glassford.com.au/main/projects-menu/ganmain-new-jumbo-bale</a><br>
<br>Hope that helps<br><br>Kind regards<br><br>Susan and John Glassford<br>Huff 'n' Puff Constructions<br><a href="http://www.glassford.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.glassford.com.au</a><br>61 2 6927 6027<br>
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