[GSBN] steel clad barn and straw bales

[Chris Magwood]

One way to build such a wall with plaster on the metal side would be to 
build it as a tip-up panel. You can make a form box on the floor in 
front of the wall and build it like we do our prefab panels. The 
finished panel could be tipped up directly into place. You can get a PDF 
on our method for doing this at 
http://endeavourcentre.com/materials-technology/. I'd be glad to help 
you out with any questions about doing this in place.

Chris

On 11-10-07 8:37 PM, John Straube wrote:
> I am with Tom: the ideal construction is to provide an earth plastered SB with a 1" airspace and then the metal cladding.  The rain control would also be excellent.
> In your case, building from the inside with a pre-existing metal clad barn, I am not sure how to do this.
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> Condensation is very likely in a UK climate if there is even a little interior humidity and the bales are placed tight against the cladding.  In storage barns (no interior moisture generation), bales are often placed close to metal cladding, usually there is a 2 to 10 cm space, but sometimes they touch.  I have only seen rot in these situations when interior humidity (livestock) where added to the inside.
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> As a minimum I would leave an air space.  however, if at all possible, dipping bales in a clay slip before laying up with a 3 or 5 cm air space and interior plaster may be the best you  can achieve. I would be careful to provide screens at the bottom to resist the entry of animals.
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