[GSBN] Great News in Portland!

[Tim Owen-Kennedy]

Great News Mark,

And thanks to everyone else involved. Now can you get other fiber/binder
combo's in on the same premise? i.e. wood chip/clay, straw/lime, etc.

Tim

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:40 PM, nature boy <moontrout at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Everyone!
>
> Thanks to a good many people, including Chariti Montez, Joshua Klyber, Ron
> Hayes, Robert & Paula Baker-LaPorte, and various others, we are very happy
> to announce that light straw clay now has a legal way forward in Portland,
> Oregon! This work was accomplished through the deeply dedicated and
> visionary work of Joshua and Ron, and many others who have helped to
> establish the Alternative Technology Advisory Committee in Portland to
> receive and review proposals such as the one we submitted on light straw
> clay.
>
> Now, we need a first substantial, legal project to permit!!!
> But first, we party!!!
>
> A most lovely day to all!
> Mark
>
>
> Mark Lakeman
>
> Co-Founder                            Principal & Design Lead
> The City Repair Project     communitecture, inc.
> Portland, Oregon                   Architecture & Planning
> 503-381-5885                        503-230-1293
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>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Chris Magwood <chris at chrismagwood.ca>
> *To:* "(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network" <
> GSBN at greenbuilder.com>
> *Sent:* Sat, March 5, 2011 9:16:17 PM
> *Subject:* [GSBN] The Straw Stuff
>
> Hey all,
>
> This past summer, we did a little experiment with our students that seemed
> to work well, and I'm curious if anybody has tried it (or has good reason to
> not try it!) before I go ahead and try it on a slightly larger scale.
>
> We were building two walls with straw/clay, using a double stud framing
> system and using thin wood lath on the studs as the form/cage for the
> straw/clay. We then used clay plaster over the lath on the inside and
> outside. As usual in our climate, we were under the gun to get the
> straw/clay placed in time for it to dry thoroughly before plastering.
>
> As we were doing so, I wondered if we might just use the same framing and
> lath system and stuff the cavity with dry straw instead slip-straw. So we
> built a sample frame and did just that. The wall was 12-inches deep (as was
> the straw/clay wall). We placed about 18-inches of lath at a time and then
> packed in the dry straw. We measured the density of the original bale and we
> were able to get the straw into the wall cavity at a slightly higher density
> than the bale itself. We had pieces of lath cut to go across the wall to
> keep the straw packed down at the intended density, but found we really
> didn't need them. The whole thing went together really, really quickly and
> plastered up nicely.
>
> So can anybody think of a reason why this might not be a good idea? Yes, I
> know it's not as fun and natural as stacking bales... I'm still a huge fan
> of doing things that way. But so many people are building stick frames of
> one kind or another and then going to all kinds lengths to notch, trim and
> otherwise jam bales into those frames. This system fits a double frame wall
> really well, accepts plasters really well and in general seems like a decent
> way to go about using straw as an insulation. The thickness can be varied to
> reach intended insulation values.
>
> Thoughts?...
>
> Chris
>
> -- www.chrismagwood.ca
>
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Tim Owen-Kennedy, Owner
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