... sounds to me like what you've got is a small stream which sometime in the ast has been on a different course or had a major flood event which widened it...
... Yes. They'll leach. I would not use anything treated with creosote on my land, and in fact I cast a concrete post in place for the electrical service to...
Hi there, NB enthusiasts! I wanted to let you know about what is happening around here. It would be great to have you spend some time here at a workshop, or...
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Mar 2, 2005 5:41 pm
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... Hm... that doesn't seem quite right. In the case of freezing four feet down, the frost has to fight itself down every inch of the way, against ground heat...
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Mar 3, 2005 9:52 pm
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... Here's the scenario I'm imagining: Foam on the ground (or a foot below), keeps the ground from freezing, same as snow. Around here, if we get a good snow...
Hi Rene I only have the kabalonline.org one which I presume is the one you have tried and is not working not sure if Sarah is on this list but she was on...
... I'm with Speireag. While a horizontal insulation skirt has value, I don't think it is identical in effectiveness to vertical foundation perimeter ...
Please, someone correct me if I am mistaken...but the horizontal insulation would by no means have air blowing across it since it is buried at some small...
I'm planning to build a straw-bale house starting with a pole-barn frame: poles at 10 ft. spacing hold up the roof structure, a "frost-protected shallow...
Somehow, the URL didn't post intact; it should have been one long string starting with "http" and ending with "pdf". I'll try it again without the word wrap: ...
... Perhaps, I don't know. My point was that if you put heavy insulation out horizontally four feet, that is the same as going down four feet, at least...
... Great guide. I like this sentence: "Actually, a coarse grained soil (non-frost susceptible) which is low in moisture will freeze faster and deeper, but...
One of our MHA members in Winnipeg, Carl Oehme, has just sent in an interesting article. He details the rebuilding of a Russian stove, which was built by...
======== message from Kim Thompson, Thu, 03 Mar 2005 ============= Dear friends, Sad news is being shared throughout the natural building community of the...
... My heart bleeds for them, please let them know they are in my prayers... ~maddy I Did Not Die Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not...
What about earthbag construction - perhaps with concrete on top of that... I also have need to construct a retaining wall and I am considering this option....
I was just checking out the website for the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Alaska. They currently have a strawbale house study underway, as well as a...
Hi everyone, I have been researching SB structures for sometime now and with the advent of the internet, I've been able to gleen much additional information...
... Hi Elle, We've recently put a new service online called http://StrawLocator.com It's still pretty new so there are more "bales wanted" listings than...
I'm interested, too, and keep planning Fairbanks strawbale sightseeing trips that never quite happen. I know, it's only 600 or so miles from Homer, kind of...
Hi everyone, I've been taking occasional moisture readings in two buildings over the last couple years. Since I was wondering how the numbers looked and...
(Since this message is so lengthy, please <snip> out redundant parts in any responses posted to the List) MeatHook started it off with ... Well, just to be...
David pointed out that I did not write with complete detail and precision. ... As he indicates, in shallow, horizontal perimeter insulation, cold air does not...
Greetings, I've been looking for good ways to mill straw down for years now, first with the ol' weedwhacker-in-a-barrel, then with horses, and also with...
Hello, Another late winter research project lies in the realm of countertops. I'm looking for a sealant that would work for a chemically-sensative client to...
... Also, to restate my initial, perhaps flippant, horizontal vs vertical assertion: - all I meant to say was that conduction has no preference for direction. ...
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