THAT's the link! Thanks Eric! Some of the images are DOA, but there's
enough there to get the idea across.
If you're using a pahs system, it shouldn't be hard to insulate as you
aren't insulating the foundation but the ground around it.
ElfN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Randall" <eric@eric-randall.com>
> Hi Nori,
>
> The foundation I think you're referring to was the rock-filled gabion
> foundation done for the Garverville strawbale vault, designed by
> www.dsaarch.com.
As they've removed the photos from the current
> site, you'll need to go the www.WayBackMachine.org (a very cool site
> if you've never been here before) for the photos:
>
>
http://web.archive.org/web/20061015180917/www.dsaarch.com/garberville+vault.htm
>
> This is a very cool foundation idea if you don't want to (or can't)
> create a rubble-trench foundation. For my area, I'd need to probably
> put some form of waterproof insulation (Formular?) inside each gabion
> oriented towards the outside, etc. I think rubble-trench foundations
> are the way to go (which costs less, a yard of concrete or a yard of
> rip-rap rock?), but they aren't as easy to insulate as a formed-flat
> foundation wall... Maybe someone has some ideas or thoughts on this?
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