All Entries Tagged With: "Moisture"
Sill Pan Design Detail – TLS #51
Included in TLS #49 (Myths and Realities, Spring 2005) was a discussion of ways to deal with moisture at the bottom of windows. David Eisenberg shared a written design detail for a pan under the window to carry water away from rather than down the wall. We wanted to share a drawing of this detail and David kindly provided one for us [...]
Basics and Benefits of the Use of Straw Bales for Building
This article does not appear in The Last Straw and is original content. Prepared by Joyce Coppinger, Managing Editor/Publisher, The Last Straw Journal 402.483.5135, <thelaststraw@thelaststraw.org> www.thelaststraw.org INSULATION The R-value used for straw-bale walls is R-30. Most conventional stick-built construction has an R-value of around 15 with as high as R-30 in ceilings. Testing under controlled [...]
Where to Draw the Line – TLS #50
This article appeared in TLS #50. by Chris Newton – Queensland, Australia Can you design and build straw-bale homes for a hot and humid climate? Living in Queensland, Australia, I am frequently asked to identify an invisible line on the map where “she’ll be right” applies on one side of the line and “don’t go [...]
Finishing Bale Walls with Siding – TLS #57
This article appeared in TLS #57. Loose Strings: Technical Discussions by Jeff Ruppert – Colorado, USA T e c h T i p s A little known fact in the bale building realm is that a handful of people scattered across different continents have experimented with the idea of finishing their bale walls with wood [...]
Build Your Own Simple Bale Wall Moisture Sensor – TLS #57
This article appears in issue #57 of TLS. There have been other articles about moisture sensors in recent years. by Habib John Gonzalez – British Columbia, Canada This article appeared in a slightly longer version in TLS#22/Spring 1998. Here are the simple steps and materials needed to build your own bale wall moisture sensor: 1. [...]
Window Sill Details
This is a bonus post showing a couple examples of window sills on bale walls. Both examples incorporate a drip kerf for shedding water away from the wall. The first example below is on a Nebraska-Style structure in Colorado and the second example is in Siberia from our 2005 trip. Here is a detail of [...]
