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Re: GBlist: Re: Strawbale Moisture Failures



While it is good to support an opinion what degree of documentation is
required before it is ok to give an opinion in a forum? I thought
discussion forums were partly created as a safe outlet for people
suffering from a buildup of opinions. And I thought that 'thread' was a
clinical term for charting the progress of potentially destructive
opinions through a host or multiple hosts. Does anyone have an opinion
on this or should I be restrained.

John Salmen
TERRAIN E.D.S.
terrain@seaside.net

Bion Howard wrote:
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Strawbale Moisture Failures  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> ..................................................................
> Discussion may be fine of "potential failures" of strawbale
> housing under certain conditions, but:
> 
>   IS there any documented case history of failure
>   due to moisture of a strawbale building, and
>   what were the building science details uncovered?
> 
> Before we publicly mention a bunch of ways they COULD fail
> leading to potential misquoting and misuse of undocumented
> opinion, let's get the facts.  I will be happy to compile
> such case histories that may come to light, but this is
> important enough to consider restraint on the list until
> and unless there is evidence of systematic problems. 'Till
> then I believe I have seen enough of strawbale GOOD perf-
> ormance to be farily comfortable building them.
> 
> The code issues are an important related area -- in case
> "meeting code" means having to employ certain building
> materials and finishes that could help CAUSE $$$ failures!
> 
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