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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">My interest was mainly to do with combining the structural simplicity of a stick frame with the potential for significant extra insulation, as in the StrawCell example.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">In the UK I have been using a 4 by 2 frame with wool as the insulation between the studs. This combines with the straw to reduce the U value from a nominal 0.16 W/m2K for a rendered straw
wall down to 0.11 W/m2K for the hybrid wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Gsbn <gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com> on behalf of Dan Smith <dan@dsaarch.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Global Straw Building Network <gsbn@sustainablesources.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 5 July 2016 at 14:48<br>
<b>To: </b>Global Straw Building Network <gsbn@sustainablesources.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [GSBN] Straw on edge with stick (stud) frame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">We’ve been working with a similar system of bales "on end" between 2x studs at 2’ o.c., with ply/fiber board on the exterior, and have a large addition to an adobe house planned to use it soon, working with
Bruce King as engineer. I’d be happy to chat as well and send details.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">I have been experimenting with a version of this technique myself, and I principally wanted to find out if:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">The post that I saw had a photo of a demonstration wall section and a couple of SketchUp drawings – Was that you?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri">Gsbn <<a href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com"><span style="color:purple">gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com</span></a>>
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<b>Reply-To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Global Straw Building Network <<a href="mailto:gsbn@sustainablesources.com"><span style="color:purple">gsbn@sustainablesources.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tuesday, 5 July 2016 at 13:39<br>
<b>To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Global Straw Building Network <<a href="mailto:gsbn@sustainablesources.com"><span style="color:purple">gsbn@sustainablesources.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [GSBN] Straw on edge with stick (stud) frame</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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