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Straw Bale as Alternative Building material
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Straw Bale can be used for building of houses, blocks after blocks of straw bale are pile on top of each other to build a highly insulated and highly fire resistant housing.

Watch this video
http://greenation.ning.com/video/straw-bale-housing

Price is cheap and good, cos there are plentiful straw bale in the farm that are usually selling extremely cheap.
02 Mar 2009 06:44
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High fire resistant for straw bale?
unbelieveable?

Yes... Raw Straw Bale will burn very quickly...
But Straw Bale dipped in clayslip will not even burn...cheap fire resistant solution...
Dont believe see the video test yourself in this link
http://greenation.ning.com/video/straw-bale-is-highly-fire

According to the manufacturer, the straw bale structure is 3 times more fire resistance than cement houses. and can last for the next 100 years.

02 Mar 2009 06:52
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Dear Francis,



Great,  it would be  the hot and  compact  topics  about  low cost house  build !


You with Germex  (who had  started it  with a severe  articles for low cost  house.


had been  a duet in this forum that  really contribute to  community. Especially for


construction > to build a low cost and green house  eco friendly. 



Salute  and  cheers  ...  Thanks  again 



NB :  can you put  2 or 3 pictures  for the  straw  bales  after driped in clay  ?


          ( fire retarder) ?


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03 Mar 2009 10:34
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Quoting from [francis teo]:

High fire resistant for straw bale?
unbelieveable?

Yes... Raw Straw Bale will burn very quickly...
But Straw Bale dipped in clayslip will not even burn...cheap fire resistant solution...
Dont believe see the video test yourself in this link
http://greenation.ning.com/video/straw-bale-is-highly-fire

According to the manufacturer, the straw bale structure is 3 times more fire resistance than cement houses. and can last for the next 100 years.


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JAVATICA
Teak Furniture-Maker from Java-Indonesia, full wood furniture of: reproduction antique, ethnics, colonial, art deco, modern simple, garden & beach, pool side, patio set, Using Teak, Mahogany, other tropical wood,... More

03 Mar 2009 10:35
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