[Cob] Soundproofing , condos, being burnt out

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Amanda Peck wrote:

> Rumor hath it that straw bales don't burn very readily--as long as they are
> intact--because they are packed tightly enough that there isn't much oxygen
> in them.  This might well NOT be true of smaller, thinner packages of straw.
[snip]

While this is generally true, tightness of bales varies widely, and there
have been instances of bales (unplastered)  that were loose enought that
they could and did burn quite readily.

FWIW

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