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<DIV>FASBA is planning to do a 30 minutes fire resistance test (according to DIN EN 1365-1 and DIN EN 1363-1) of an unplastered straw insulated wall on october, 25th at MPA/ University of Braunschweig. I remember that there should have been one in Denmark in the past, is that correct? Or somewhere else in the world? We're hoping to reach REI30 without cladding.
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<DIV>Please help us with mailing details and test reports about fire tests of straw insulated walls which have been conducted without cladding anywhere in the world. </DIV>
<DIV>As we always did, we'll publish the test results.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>We already conducted three fire resistance tests. One also with 8mm clay plaster which was 52min successful, but with that test we're determined to clay on the outside, and a certain manufacturer of clay... <A href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30723429/Fire_tests_in_Germany_until_2009.jpg">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30723429/Fire_tests_in_Germany_until_2009.jpg</A></DIV>
<DIV>The reason for the new test is, that we want to avoid discussions with authorities about the type of plaster, because they're insisting that we've to use only the already tested one (exactly!). Don't worry, we don't want to do uncladded straw walls, it's mainly for being to have lime plastered wall in REI30. REI30 is what we need for up to 3-storey buildings.</DIV>
<DIV>Currently we're building a 5-storey office building with straw insulated walls in Verden/ Aller in the near of Bremen. Therefore we ran tests with 5-7cm special clay and lime plaster. In the trailer for the new straw building film of Heidi Snel you can see pictures from that building beneath other projects: </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oMLu3PaK3qo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oMLu3PaK3qo</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you!</DIV>
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<DIV>Dirk</DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Dirk Scharmer - architect</DIV>
<DIV>FASBA e.V. (German Straw Building Association) </DIV>
<DIV></SPAN></SPAN>Email: <A href="mailto:ds@fasba.de">ds@fasba.de</A></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.architekt-scharmer.de">www.architekt-scharmer.de</A></DIV>
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