Cob: foundation

[Darel Henman]

No I would not consider using strawbales as a foundation material, even
if wrapped in plastic.  The plastic will not last forever.  Moisture
will get in, it will not dry, it will ferment into go and remaining
fibres.

The bearing house walls would then sink into the resulting goo, little
by little.  It is not foundation material.

darel

lucynda norton wrote:
> 
>   I found a straw bale/stucco cabin a while back that hada straw bale
> foundation.  They wrapped the bales in six layers of platic before putting
> them in the ground.  I thought this would be a bad idea since I have seen
> plastic exposed to the elements crack open, but it may have been because it
> was exposed to sunlight.  Would anyone else consider using plastic wrapped
> straw bales a risky thing to do?
> 
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