<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all<div><br></div><div>Interesting </div><div><br></div><div>In New Zealand we are generally not allowed to put solid plaster systems on a wall that is not supported by a continuos reinforced concete footing - this is to help prevent in-plane flexing from any timber movement or flexure, earthquakes, and/or seasonal ground movement, any of which may translate into cracking of the plaster skin.</div><div><br></div><div>Has this been an issue with these off-ground systems?</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div> </div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 16/09/2011, at 10:41 AM, John Glassford wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>G ' day</div><div><br></div><div>We have built several straw bale homes now on piers bearers and joists.</div><div><br></div><div>I have just recently updated our web site and put up some photos. None of these homes insulated the floors.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Obviously our climate is a whole lot different to Alberta's.</div><div><br></div><a href="http://glassford.com.au/main/building-menu/foundations/other-methods/piers-bearers-and-joists/">Piers Bearers and Joists</a><div>
<br></div><div>Do they work for straw bale? Sure do, however not our preferred method for foundations.</div><div><br></div><div>The Straw Wolf</div><div><br></div><div>Mountains of the Moon Climb 2011<br><a href="http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/" target="_blank">http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org</a><br>
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