Cob: plastic wrapped bales> was NO FOAM

[lucynda norton]

Well to be honest I thought that was a bad idea also.  I hadn't thought of 
fog, but more about moisture getting in.  I am not really sure if the 
foundation was load bearing or not, but I did dig up the website url.  I had 
planned on trying to copy the interseting way they applied there stucco and 
saved the site into favorites for future refrence.

http://home.earthlink.net/~richardandrobin/page1.htm


>From: Charmaine R Taylor <tms at northcoast.com>
>To: lucynda norton <dragonfly_183 at hotmail.com>, coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: Cob: plastic wrapped bales> was NO FOAM
>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:38:10 -0800
>
>Would anyone else consider using plastic wrapped
>straw bales a risky thing to do?
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>no way!!!  bales are organic!!  you will end up with FOG ( funculating
>organic goo)
>
>plastic defeats the purpose of natural & breathable too.
>
>I presume the bales were not really the load bearing foundation? but
>only insulation? please tell me so?
>
>Charmaine
>www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
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>
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