kimberlyckle (July 7, 2008 at 1:29 am)

this is a rubbish video!

desertblbuesman (May 11, 2008 at 2:32 pm)

if sparying on with a gas powered machine facilitates getting it done, it would end up a saving. Poeple transporting to and from over time during construction would be offset. Seems to me an appropriate fossil fuel burning.

aquilafan (March 4, 2008 at 2:20 pm)

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crachan (February 17, 2008 at 3:34 pm)

yes never use metal.

crachan (February 17, 2008 at 1:21 pm)

definately in UK DO NOT use any metal in bales - causes condensation and rot. Have a look at some builds i worked on at u-tube. These bales are too soft - and never ever pick a bale up with its strings.

TreeHugged (February 10, 2008 at 4:01 pm)

Take it your not farm minded then , , never seen metal expand that much its gonna affect a straw bale lol , and if you put a too wet straw bale on it will catch fire if not dried right,

HTCSWEOD (February 10, 2008 at 3:52 pm)

Paul Lacinski, co-author of Serious Straw Bale is available for your questions. You could save a step by going directly to him rather than this chicken rancher ("> But, metal expands at a rate much different than lime plaster, straw is not demonstrating this dynamic at all. Regarding the environment, metal must be removed from the plaster when recycling, the mud mix simply breaks down on it's own when recycled. Again, I'm not the expert, but Serious Straw Bale methods appeal to me.

TreeHugged (February 10, 2008 at 8:57 am)

Never seen it sprayed on , surely thats not enviro freindly with a machine running, The thing is with straw bales is that lime plaster expands and contracts like everything else , but adding a wet based compound onto a dry straw surface without anything to cling to is that after a while the plaster will dry and fall off , it can only stick to the straw itself . Your only using a small amount of chicken wire on the bales anyway and the metal can be recycled ,

HTCSWEOD (February 9, 2008 at 9:23 pm)

They simply imbed and often spray, the mud directly into the straw. They have a youtube video you can see, it's called Serious Straw House. I personally have no experience, must looking into everyone's techniques and liked the idea of not having extra metal in the structure.

TreeHugged (February 7, 2008 at 4:48 pm)

What else do u think the plaster will stick to?