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Cob:Steve Lewis seaweedsteve at newmexico.comWed Sep 5 10:19:34 CDT 2001
Hey. Is it very cold there? For a garage-shop, I would think that even R-11 walls with an insulated (R-19) roof would be fine. A shop is typically used sporadically by active people and heating such a small room occasionally would be efficient.... I might try fidobe (shredded newspaper and clay) as it could be mixed more readily, poured and dried in panels on the ground and then mortered in place using the same mix. Fur out the walls a bit to get more insulation cavity (maybe not needed), or plaster fidobe thickly over the panels. Steve Lewis Sivler City, NM > Dear People, > > A two-car cinderblock garage with 2x4 stud walls came with our newly > purchased house. It's to be my woodworking shop. I'm thinking of > insulating with straw clay from the inside. Attach movable forms and > tamp in the dressed straw? Anybody have good ideas? > > How thick should I go for a warm wall? Say, R20? > > Am also thinking of starting our building officials on straw-cob with > this application. I can do it secretly, as it's on the inside--but would > this be a good place to let them begin to be familiar with it? Lurking > problems that I'm not anticipating? > > Harriet Hodges > 1240 Forest Lawn > Salem, VA 24153 -------------- next part -------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hey.<BR><BR>Is it very cold there? For a garage-shop, I would think that even R-11<BR>walls with an insulated (R-19) roof would be fine. A shop is typically<BR>used sporadically by active people and heating such a small room<BR>occasionally would be efficient....<BR><BR>I might try fidobe (shredded newspaper and clay) as it could be mixed more<BR>readily, poured and dried in panels on the ground and then mortered in place<BR>using the same mix.<BR><BR>Fur out the walls a bit to get more insulation cavity (maybe not needed), or<BR>plaster fidobe thickly over the panels.<BR><BR>Steve Lewis<BR>Sivler City, NM<BR><BR><BR><BR>> Dear People,<BR>><BR>> A two-car cinderblock garage with 2x4 stud walls came with our newly<BR>> purchased house. It's to be my woodworking shop. I'm thinking of<BR>> insulating with straw clay from the inside. Attach movable forms and<BR>> tamp in the dressed straw? Anybody have good ideas?<BR>><BR>> How thick should I go for a warm wall? Say, R20?<BR>><BR>> Am also thinking of starting our building officials on straw-cob with<BR>> this application. I can do it secretly, as it's on the inside--but would<BR>> this be a good place to let them begin to be familiar with it? Lurking<BR>> problems that I'm not anticipating?<BR>><BR>> Harriet Hodges<BR>> 1240 Forest Lawn<BR>> Salem, VA 24153<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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