Hakan, thanks,
Yup, we';re
likely doing straw roof insulation, possibly looking into using light
clay-straw blocks, and lots of them, (depending on r-value comparisons) to
protect the straw somewhat.
Do consider a ceiling humidity barrier in combination with well ventilated
attic. Cheap and
At 04:12 PM 1/7/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Hakan, thanks,
Passive solar design assumes that you have energy capture and internal mass
for to store it. A straw bale house might have too good insulation to be
fully compatible with most of those principles and benefit probably more
from internal
Mark:
I'm designing a straw bale house to retire into (as I've probly
mentioned), and one
of the things I've heard is that a system of PEX tubing in the floor
(concrete, adobe,
whatever) is NEVER a bad investment. Even if you never use it for the intended
purpose (heating :-)), you can block
Girl Mark,
Should work in adobe, but check with them. I think
that you even might be able to get them donate the
pipes for the house, since it is a charitable project
and it could be interesting for them to gain the
experiences.
http://www.wirsbo.com/
You do not have to do insulation layer
Hi Hakan,
I live in California but we're building this place for someone else in
eastern Montana- near Canada, and extremely cold in winter and extremely
hot (115-120 F) in summer.
Let me explain again what I meant about our heating and cooling strategy,
as I think you and I are using
At 06:28 PM 1/7/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Hi Hakan,
I live in California but we're building this place for someone else in
eastern Montana- near Canada, and extremely cold in winter and extremely
hot (115-120 F) in summer.
Ok, but the sun is more comparable to southern Europe since it is
