[GSBN] A Question about Mold and Insurance

[Joyce Coppinger]

See attached document SB Benefits. And you said you wanted to catch up with
me sometime. Did my recent email do that? What are you working on these
days?

Joyce


> Yes please Joyce that'd be great
> Bohdan 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: GSBN-bounces at greenbuilder.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces at greenbuilder.com]
> On Behalf Of Joyce Coppinger
> Sent: Monday, 5 October 2009 1:25 PM
> To: GSBN
> Subject: [GSBN] A Question about Mold and Insurance
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I talked to Wendy by phone tonight. She lives in Spokane Washington area
> (rural). She currently has construction liability insurance with the local
> Farm Bureau agency. They have notified her that they will not provide
> homeowners insurance for her home when her construction liability policy
> expires on November 30. She has not talked directly with the underwriter,
> but the office secretary told her by phone that the reason for denying
> insurance was the issue of mold - giving no further explanation.
> 
> It has taken her three years to build her house because of contractor delays
> and problems, and financing issues during this difficult economic time. She
> says there is some indication that the project took too long.
> 
> She will welcome any suggestions given to her in educating the local
> insurance agency underwriter and help in getting insurance for her home.
> 
> I've sent a document to her that I prepared for use here locally that
> outlines BASICS AND BENEFITS OF THE USE OF STRAW BALES FOR BUILDINGS -
> citing U.S. codes as it pertains to SB that I received from David E.,
> excerpts from the document Thermal Performance of Straw Bale Wall Systems
> from Bruce K., info about the straw bale test results (fire tests done in
> Texas), excerpts from Moisture properties of straw and plaster/straw
> assemblies by John Straube, and other citations. I'll send a copy of the
> document to you by separate email if you would like to see and review it.
> 
>  
> Joyce
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> Joyce Coppinger
> Managing Editor/Publisher
> The Last Straw, the international journal of strawbale and natural building
> PO Box 22706, Lincoln NE 68542-2706 402.483.5135, fax 402.483.5161
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