<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Ian - had thought of that but we were not planning on plastering the bricks.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good to hear your news from Oz<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">graeme</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11/05/2017, at 9:06 AM, Ian Adobe South <<a href="mailto:ian@adobesouth.co.nz" class="">ian@adobesouth.co.nz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><!-- This file has been automatically generated. See web/README.md -->
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<div style="direction: ltr;" class="">Good morning Graeme,</div><div style="direction: ltr;" class=""> Talk to the compliance man re use of earth or lime plasters which we have tests to bal 40 Aus bale straw bale tests (see Bohdan) that may satisfy such demands.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="direction: ltr;" class="">Here at Cleveland, and a little closer to our block (which we have not yet visited) has dawned clear cool and promises to be sunny with a light breeze day after a day and nights of light rain, otherwise we have had a great month on the road with Akita in our slightly kitted out sprinter van - ex stripped out ambo). We finally got a new phone number and will be dropping the adobe south email address - see our website "<a dir="ltr" href="http://studioredfern.com/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" class="">studioredfern.com</a>" </div>
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<div class="acompli_signature">Ian Redfern<br class=""><a dir="ltr" href="http://www.adobesouth.co.nz/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" class="">www.adobesouth.co.nz</a><br class="">P: 094364040 M: 0274902324<br class=""><a dir="ltr" href="mailto:ian@adobesouth.co.nz" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2/1" class="">ian@adobesouth.co.nz</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:02 AM +1000, "Graeme North" <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:graeme@ecodesign.co.nz" target="_blank" class="">graeme@ecodesign.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br class="">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class="">Hi everybody<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We all know that mud bricks do not burn but are there in fact any offical (Laboratory or Government sponsered ) fire resistance ratings test that have been done anywhere? </div><div class="">I do not seem to have one at hand.</div><div class="">I have some recall of one were the bricks were deemed to have failed the test because of a bit of minor early smoke generation from small amounts of straw on the surface that flashed off, ignoring that the brick was then fine after that.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve got a sharp-eyed fire installer and building inspector to satisfy about safe distances of a wood burner from an adobe wall where we do not want to install heat shields.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ah the joys of building in an increasingly weird world.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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