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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>John,<BR>
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OK, you’re pulling our collective leg here with the straw bale lighthouse. What’s up? Seems like you’re channeling one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s fantastic novels (The Bell Rock lighthouse being engineered by the father and uncle of RLS.)<BR>
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With moisture being such a concern in straw bale buildings, it’s no surprise many of us have such a dry sense of humor. John, I’m measuring yours at .05%.<BR>
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Speaking of % moisture content, and at the other end of the spectrum (way beyond, actually), in the CMHC Straw Bale House Moisture Research paper regarding bales in floors, as Habib mentioned, it does say “<FONT COLOR="#2F292A">Some were as wet as 300 per cent moisture content</FONT> . . .”.<BR>
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I love and respect the whole series of CMHC research papers and test reports. But how can anything be 300% moisture content?<BR>
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However, I will say I am 300% happy that Habib is in good health again.<BR>
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Martin (60% water by weight and volume) Hammer<BR>
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On 1/28/12 10:23 PM, "John Swearingen" <<a href="jswearingen@skillful-means.com">jswearingen@skillful-means.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Oh, sorry. I forgot the link: <a href="http://www.skillful-means.com/oddpage/lighthouse.htm">http://www.skillful-means.com/oddpage/lighthouse.htm</a> <BR>
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John<BR>
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Frank Tettemer <<a href="frank@livingsol.com">frank@livingsol.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>John,<BR>
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I don't know the story of the straw bale lighthouse at Bell Rock, Scotland.<BR>
Google images didn't have anything.<BR>
Could you elaborate more, please?<BR>
'Specially if the story has some sort of Zen ending to it. ( ! )<BR>
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Frank Tettemer<BR>
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We already have a proof of concept, of sorts, in the famed straw bale lighthouse at Bell Rock, Scotland. :)<BR>
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John "Rock the Bell" Swearingen<BR>
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Habib John Gonzalez <<a href="habibg@netidea.com">habibg@netidea.com</a> <<a href="mailto:habibg@netidea.com>">mailto:habibg@netidea.com></a>> wrote:<BR>
Greetings All:<BR>
In 2000 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation published a summary paper titled “Straw Bale House Moisture Research.”<BR>
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