To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Australia Felix Permaculture Update
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:14:50 +0200
>> Of related interest (insulation, that is), someone on the ferrocement
list recommends clay coated straw as insulation with good R values.
However, he is in Austin, Texas, which is much drier than Indiana. and the
same issues exist here.
hi there:
all through germany and austria (and propably the rest of central europe,
but i do not know this for sure) claycovered straw has been used for good
insulating walls for centuries - and especially the north of germany is
pretty wet. in many of the old frame-work houses this is stuffed between the
structural posts and beams. all you need is plaster and a roof.