<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear friends<div><br></div><div>here is the old chestnut about strawbale and fire!</div><div>I would be most grateful if anyone willing to help with this could email Alan Wiseman directly</div><div>I am sure that Alan is aware that properly plastered strawbale walls are not a fire risk, </div><div>however he needs some official looking documents to give to his local authority to convince them to issue a fire certificate</div><div><br></div><div>The situation in Ireland is different from the UK ...</div><div>we were able to convince building control in Northern Ireland that we complied with one of the US Building Codes and that was sufficient to get approval!</div><div>Irish Regs</div><div><a href="http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/BuildingStandards/">http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/BuildingStandards/</a></div><div><br></div><div>many thanks to anyone who can assist</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Woolley<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</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 face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">alan wiseman <<a href="mailto:wisemandesigns@gmail.com">wisemandesigns@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">13 March 2012 09:46:47 GMT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Strawbale Classroom</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)">Dear Tom,</span></div><div> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)">I have received planning permission for a strawbale classroom .This is located in a built up area, next to a large block creche on one side and 2m away from a dwelling on the other side, a couples of miles from Cork city. But now comes the awkward part. As it is a commercial building we need to get a Fire Certificate This will be difficult as there is no precedent here in Ireland for this (there are plenty of structures, mainly dwellings, as you are aware, but none commercial that needed a Fire Safety Certificate).</span><br style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)"> <br style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)">I am aware of commercial structures in the UK that have been built with strawbales.I would like to find out how they managed to persuade the fire department. I have test results from North America but precedents in Europe, particularly in the UK would better strengthen our case. I am hoping you might have some insight or indeed contact on this. Any help is greatly appreciated.</span></div> <div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)"><br></span></div><div> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(225,235,242)">Thanking you.</span></div><div> <span style="background-color:rgb(225,235,242);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(225,235,242);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px">Kind regards,</span></div> <div><span style="background-color:rgb(225,235,242);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div> <span style="background-color:rgb(225,235,242);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px">Alan.</span> </div><div><br> </div><div><br></div><span style="FONT-SIZE:large"><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/op49jp.jpg"><br></span> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE:large"><br></span></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left">13 Amberley Lawn</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left">Grange</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left">Cork</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left"><br></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left">Tel: 021 489 99 79</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left">Mob: 086 877 6564</div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:left"><a href="http://www.wisemandesigns.net/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.wisemandesigns.net</font></a></div><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Tom Woolley</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Rachel Bevan Architects</div><div>80 Church Road</div><div>Crossgar</div><div>Downpatrick</div><div>BT30 9HR</div><div><a href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a></div><div>028 44 830988</div><div><a href="http://www.bevanarchitects.com">www.bevanarchitects.com</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></div></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>