Faith, What use does the Tyvek serve? Beyond making your plaster have a difficult time adhering, (surely no advantage there), I do not understand any reason...
What kind of plaster will you be using that would require the tyvek on the wood? Caralee Kanab, UT ... From: sammi3867 To: SB-r-us@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hi All, We are at the floor installation stage of our new strawbale building in Ireland. There is a ring foundation of concrete under the walls, the base of ...
Tim, I have heard of a number of folks who have tried straw as a sub-floor insulator. I have *never* heard of any ones that were successful, however. The...
... These are now affectionately called waffle slabs because the straw rots, leaving a hollow waffle-like concrete structure. If you go to the SB-r-us home...
... These are now affectionately called waffle slabs because the straw rots, leaving a hollow waffle-like concrete structure. If you go to the SB-r-us home...
... tyvek? Faith; The use of an isolation/moisture barrier between the plaster and wood framing is a good practise. "Old-fashioned" asphalt impregnated felt...
... Tim; The first thing that will happen is that the backside of the boards will expand due to sucking up moisture from the "wettish (earthen floor) mix"...
Hello. Two matters leap out. One is you said you have a floor at the level of the bales. What happens when water floods? Second is you said you want to put...
Hi all-- We're going to be adding on to our SB house in the coming months, due to the fact that we now have 5 kids in a house built for two kids. Sooo...I...
... We painted all wood that was in contact with plaster (in our case lime & sand) to reduce water absorption from the fresh plaster into the wood. We used...
Hi, ?? What about using denim for insulation. Joyce ... From: David Neeley <dbneeley@...> To: SB-r-us@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:50 am ...
Hi all, thanks for the encouragement. My floor is 2' above grade already and bone dry. I am not discouraged an still going to try this. The cupping of the ...
Denim, too, is a rather miserable choice for underfloor insulation for many of the same reasons as straw--it quickly rots, invites mold, and really isn't a...
... Can you give us a little more detail? Are the posts inside or outside of the main line of the wall, or embedded into it? What climate are you in? What...
... The problem with the floor level being at the base of the straw walls is that in the event of flooding, the flood water gets into the walls. There is no...
... The heat pipes will not remove moisture. They will, however, raise temperature, which will help promote favorable conditions for mold growth. ... There is...
Hi Speireag, Thanks for your very helpful reply. My DPC under the existing earth sub floor is 600mm deep round fist sized stones. This is ventilated to the...
thanks for the supportive answer Speireag, I am going to rethink this some more for certain. Budget is extremely limited however and I will have to come up...
Tim, I would note what the felicitously named Mr. Green said about insulating the outside of your foundation very well. If you could have slipped some...
... Since Tim is obviously not averse to hard work, perhaps he can gather up some of those woven polyeth...however you spell it....lumber wrapper tarps that...
Why are you all so scared of mold? Surely if your building i properly dried out the mould will die? Tim ... -- All the Best Tim from Tang It is never too late...
... Perhaps, but the dried spores, etc., are still often quite toxic ("mycotoxins"). And they can become airborne quite easily. Prolonged exposure to mold is...
Floor slab or trench foundation insulation, and an effective damp proof course. Thermal insulation value not wonderful (lambda=0.12, which I'm too tired to...
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