Hey all.. Bye way of prompting from WG9, I hooked up, as a daily digest lurker. Mainly, just to keep in the loop as to what's being conversed about. For those...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 9, 2006 1:07 am
Welcome, Mark. Glad to have you with us. Hank. ... From: bale-on@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bale-on@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Kifer Sent: Friday, June...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 9, 2006 1:36 am
The OSBBC acceptepted an invitation from the Department of National Defence in Ottawa to attend their Environment Week activities and to build a small, ...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 9, 2006 10:45 am
Thanks, Frank. It was a LOT of fun. Last time we were at DND (Energy Efficiency Day back in November?) we met several people who were VERY interested...
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Katie
wildmindgirl
Jun 10, 2006 2:37 pm
My husband and I intend to build a small straw bale home in Arizona and are just now starting to learn about the building process. We've been doing a lot of...
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Patricia Greig
patsygreig@...
Jun 11, 2006 2:06 pm
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Patricia Greig
patsygreig@...
Jun 11, 2006 2:37 pm
The Ottawa-Carleton Research Institute (OCRI) sponsored a day-long seminar at the University of Ottawa this spring, to showcase eastern Ontario efforts to...
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Patricia Greig
patsygreig@...
Jun 11, 2006 7:31 pm
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Mark Kifer
mark_kifer
Jun 11, 2006 9:27 pm
Hello Katie... Let me start off with "I'm biased." -I was written briefly about in Carolyn Roberts-Petersons' book. But, that was not exactly what you're ...
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Jason Woodall
gollumullog
Jun 12, 2006 4:19 am
I only have 2 books on straw bale, but have read a few others. I do like "Straw Bale Building" by Chris Magwood and Peter Mack (but I am also biased, because I...
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Katie
wildmindgirl
Jun 12, 2006 11:47 am
Thank you for the replies of suggestions on books to begin with; I've bookmarked the ones suggested and will buy them both shortly. To start with, we bought...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 12, 2006 5:09 pm
Katie, I know someone mentioned "Straw Bale Building" by Chris Magwood and Peter Mack. I'd suggest that you buy the latest edition "More Straw Bale Building"...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 12, 2006 7:09 pm
I've heard from so many people over the years that "the things that are going on in Canada don't apply everywhere." I'm not sure that the people who wrote...
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Mark Bigland-Pritchard
markhyphen
Jun 12, 2006 7:52 pm
Actually, as Canada spans several different climate zones, it would be more true to say that the things that are going on in one bit of Canada may apply in...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 12, 2006 9:22 pm
... Maybe...or...the same things that work everywhere in Canada will work in other areas of the world that share the same climate. If you take all of the...
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Nancy or David Gray
treequake1944
Jun 13, 2006 6:08 am
Hello Hank, thanks for extending my sense of domain more east. When I spent a winter out on the Aleutian Chain I was surprised to learn that I was no more...
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Chris Green
hraefn_2
Jun 13, 2006 8:38 am
... Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods. Clark Snell & Tim Callahan, authors Lark Books, Publisher ISBN 1-57990-532-3 612...
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lynn at everdale
lynnincostarica
Jun 13, 2006 5:12 pm
Everdale Annual Open House - June 24, 2006 10:00 am-4:00pm General Admission Everdale Farm and Environmental Learning Centre is starting to burst with...
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Leanne Rellstab
lmcclain9278
Jun 14, 2006 5:09 pm
Greetings from Wyoming, I've got a few baling questions. We have modified post and beam construction, and that has left us with very few long walls to do a...
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Christine Johnston
cjgreenbuild
Jun 14, 2006 6:53 pm
RE: voids. You might try filling it with "Slip Straw". Take some of your plaster material, and water it down to a chocolate milk consistency. Then lay a...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 15, 2006 1:19 am
Leanne, Pinning with bamboo (or any material for that matter) is a waste of time, effort, and money. Tina Therrien taught me a technique for tying super-bales....
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dpe11
Jun 15, 2006 1:47 am
Well written Hank - and a great geography lesson to boot! All the best, Paul...
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Leanne Rellstab
lmcclain9278
Jun 15, 2006 3:29 am
Hank, The super bale sounds like just the ticket. Thanks! Leanne ... From: Hank Carr To: bale-on@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:26 PM ...
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dpe11
Jun 20, 2006 11:56 am
Myself and another strawbale home owner are having a very difficult time deciding how to heat our abodes. We are located in Muskoka (2 hours north of...
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Nick Boersema
pcknk
Jun 20, 2006 12:45 pm
I love my heat pump so I will show my bias right up front. The thing about heat pumps is that they work best in regions where your heating requirements are...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 20, 2006 3:19 pm
Hi, Paul. Sandy Zabludofski (I think that's how you spell her last name) had a high efficiency (unfortunately solar unfriendly) biodiesel burning boiler for...
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hjwiersma@...
henrywiersma
Jun 20, 2006 3:35 pm
Hi everyone Recently I have been looking into geo-solar thermal as a means of heating new houses. This is done by placing a six inch pipe nine feet under the ...
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Mark Bigland-Pritchard
markhyphen
Jun 20, 2006 4:38 pm
Whether ground source heat pumps (thank you Paul for not mislabelling them as "geothermal") are a good idea or not depends on where you are and what your...
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Paul Newby
gg2sf
Jun 20, 2006 5:04 pm
... Additional factors to consider are the availability of natural gas in a given area - in many non-urban areas the main non-electric choices are oil, propane...
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Hank Carr
hankcarrcell
Jun 20, 2006 8:00 pm
... I considered putting in geothermal heat for our house but our neighbours complained to the township about all the steam that it would produce. Hank....
