<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><div>Follow up to my last email. The experience described by August Hasz below (and we’ve heard other similar experiences over the years) and Derek Roff’s thoughts are probably the most important cautionary information for the “art project”. More so than testing info.</div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Gsbn <<a href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com">gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>> on behalf of August Hasz <<a href="mailto:hasz@reginc.com">hasz@reginc.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> GSBN <<a href="mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com">GSBN@SustainableSources.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 9:45 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> GSBN <<a href="mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com">GSBN@SustainableSources.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [GSBN] Fire rating for unplastered straw<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is not official in any way, but just wanted to share my experience. Our home had all bales stacked, windows set, and we were just beginning to prep for plaster when a contractor made a mistake with a halogen light (before the time of LED lights, but had no business being on the job site anyway). Our two story 2,000ft2 structure took 9 minutes from ignition to total collapse. The fire spread capability of un-plastered straw is truly impressive. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course once plastered this threat is gone, but I would not mess around with leaving straw exposed for any length of time in the presence of any potential ignition sources.<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><span class=""><span class="">Again, nothing official, just sharing my observation- August</span></span></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;"><span class=""><font face="Arial" class="">August Hasz, P.E.</font></span></span><div class=""><span class=""><font face="Arial" class="">President</font></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 20px;"><font color="#d84942" class="">REG</font></span></div><div class=""><font class="" color="#d84942"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Resource Engineering Group</span></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Direct: 970.713.0984</font></div><div class="">Cell: 970.275.3603</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="mailto:hasz@reginc.com" class="">hasz@reginc.com</a> </div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.reginc.com/" class="">www.reginc.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 5, 2019, at 8:32 AM, David Arkin, AIA <<a href="mailto:david@arkintilt.com" class="">david@arkintilt.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Rikki:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Attached find the ASTM E84 test conducted in 2000 on the surface burning characteristics of a straw bale, sponsored by Katrina Hayes. It establishes the flame spread index and smoke developed index, which are factors for use of straw as an insulation material. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this is helpful, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David Arkin / CASBA</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 5, 2019, at 6:17 AM, Rikki Nitzkin <<a href="mailto:rikkinitzkin@gmail.com" class="">rikkinitzkin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">HI all, <br class=""><br class="">Quick question! Have any fire tests been made on unplastered straw? Does anyone know where to find them or what the rating is? 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