[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 5, Issue 31

[Kelly Neufeld]

> I would like it for my conventionl ;-( remodel. Do you think it would pass
> inspection? 
> Shody
--- Dulane <silkworm at spiderhollow.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wrote about this earlier this year. I'm in Western WA. My son-in-law 
> is a sheep herder. He has sheep out doing environmental work in 
> sensitive areas.
> 
> He also has a pretty good accumulation of sheep wool. He just has it 
> packaged in gunny sacks, which most aren't burlap these days.
> 
> If anyone is interested in aquiring sheep's wool for roof insultation, 
> please let me know. I've heard that you don't want to wash it too 
> much, because the lanolin helps keep critters out of it.
> 
> Dulane


There is a company in Alberta that sells wool insulation.
http://www.goodshepherdwool.com/
There are some technical articles on his website.

Kelly Neufeld
Designer/Sustainable Building Consultant
 
www.artKtecture.ca
Phone (780) 278-8628
Fax (780) 462-3591