[GSBN] steel clad barn and straw bales

[Tom Hahn]

Also (if not already stated here and I missed it...), plastering 
would protect against the bales being exposed to a (hidden) fire 
"chimney" if bales were left uncoated...

Tom
Ecosa Institute
Prescott, AZ

At 4:33 PM -0400 10/7/11, RT wrote:
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>
>Chug;
>
>I'd say that there'd be no problem whatsoever if:
>
>1. The steel cladding is removed (temporarily) and stacked with lath 
>strips between the sheets so that there is no contact between the 
>sheets and any moisture can drain away (otherwise, trapped moisture 
>can result in "white rust" and subsequent premature corrosion of the 
>(presumably) galvanised steel
>
>2. The bales stacked and encapsulated in plaster to provide the 
>straw with an air/fire/rodent/insect barrier
>
>3. The steel cladding panels re-installed.
>
>
>This configuration would provide the plastered straw bale wall with 
>a ventilated rainscreen cladding, the drainage plane being the face 
>of the outside plaster.
>
>The ventilation air space would be provided by the thickness of the 
>girts (to which the steel is fastened) and the corrugations of the 
>pre-formed steel panels.
>
>Since the plaster would never be exposed to rain-wetting, there's no 
>reason that it could not be an earthen plaster.
>
>
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