[GSBN] Use of and protection - steel columns in bale walls

[Joyce Coppinger]

TLS received a request for information about how to deal with steel columns
within a bale wall. The bales will be notched around the steel columns in a
sb infill post-and-beam structure. The question was do they need to wrap the
seel columns prior to stacking the bales - and, if so, what is the best
material to use (foam, felt, or other)?

That's the basic question. Could you also comment about the use of steel
framing with bales - pros and cons, any special treatment or considerations,
moisture issues (condensation), other.


Joyce
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Joyce Coppinger
Managing Editor/Publisher
The Last Straw, the international journal
of strawbale and natural building
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