[GSBN] fire tests with unplastered bales

[asbn at baubiologie.at]

Dear Rene

No, we never did a test for an unplastered wall in Austria.

According to www.researchgate.net/publication/316463900_Fire_Resistance_of_the_Straw_Bale_Walls Nr.6:
Two small scale ASTM E-119 fire tests were conducted in 1993 at the SHB Agra lab in 
Sandia,  New  Mexico,  USA.  The  plastered  faces  straw  bales  wall  was  resisting  the 
transmission of flame and  heat for  two hours.  The other  un-plastered straw bales  wall 
withstood the heat and flames of the furnace for 30 minutes before flames penetrated a 
joint between bales. 

(PDF) Fire Resistance of the Straw Bale Walls. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316463900_Fire_Resistance_of_the_Straw_Bale_Walls [accessed Jun 17 2018].

If I remember right, an non official test was made also by Steen Moeller in Denmark with unplastered bales.

Liebe Grüße / kind regards
Herbert Gruber
asbn – austrian straw bale network
www.baubiologie.at
www.strawbuilding.eu (ESBA – European Straw Building Association)


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Gsbn [mailto:gsbn-bounces at sustainablesources.com] Im Auftrag von Rene Dalmeijer
Gesendet: Sonntag, 17. Juni 2018 14:50
An: Global Straw Building Network
Betreff: [GSBN] fire tests with unplastered bales

Is anyone aware of a fire test for a dry packed/stacked wood frame straw bale ie no plaster on the bales? I have been looking at the various tests but I can’t seem to find a test covering the topic. As far as I can remember a test has been done most probably in Austria.  

Basking in the reclaimed swamp at the mouth of the Rhine watching his dry bales Rene Dalmeijer

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