Good point Nick, Straw is a much better material to use in these situations
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Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:29 AM
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Subject: RE: [papercreters] mobile home with strawbale and papercrete skirting
Janoahsh your point is very valid and just as valid with straw but there is a huge difference between hay and straw lets not use the two interchangeably.
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:50 PM
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Subject: RE: [papercreters] mobile home with strawbale and papercrete skirting
Just remember that hay sucks water, mildews, and can even spontaneously combust. Make sure your ditch is well drained, bermed to shed water and protected from runoff of the roof, etc..
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 6:32 AM
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Subject: [papercreters] mobile home with strawbale and papercrete skirting
I've been reading about this stuff and looking at all your sites and
I'm facinated :)
I have a mobile home and was wondering about the feasibility of not
only plastering the outside of the home with papercreate, but also
using strawbales plastered with it to seal the bottom (replace the
useless vinyl skirting), allowing some opennings for venting and
access.
If i dug a shallow trench around the house the width of the straw
bale, filled it with some pea stone, and maybe placed some plastic
down under the bales and then chickenwired and plastered the whole
thing, continuing up the side of the house right over the existing
siding, it seems this would solve my freezing all winter problem.
(like i am right at this moment :) )
Can you work with this stuff in cooler temps? (i'd have to work on it
on weekends, a little at a time and wondering if doing some of it in
the winter would work)
If this is used for plastering, is any cement required in the mix?
Thanks very much for any advice, and thanks for this great group :)
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