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Come and participate on a voluntary basis in the construction of a new bio-climatic straw house between woods and fields on a beautiful wooded land of 5890 m2, near Montargis "la

Venice of Gâtinais "1 hour south of Paris.

From September 21 to 26 Special Earth Lover Menu: Barbotine and body layer of straw-hay-grass-shavings coating and local earth on straw bales.
To whet your appetite, you can see the site by clicking on the image below:



Meals are offered, Homestay insured!

See you soon

Helen

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Not many candidates to help Hélène !!!

However Barbotine and layer of body of straw-hay-grass-shavings coating and local soil on straw bales I can assure you because I will be present this is really interesting !!

You can register for this site by clicking on the image below:



Meals are offered, Homestay insured!

See you soon

Uh it is a little "tendentious" this photo of Helene not?





Hey Maloche, it's not far from where you live, right?

Christophe wrote:Uh it is a little "tendentious" this photo of Helene not?





Hey Maloche, it's not far from where you live, right?

Not on purpose !! It is still beautiful a woman in the effort and happy with the work accomplished !!!

I see that they are well padded (the walls)

that's smart !! 95 cm uh no the walls are 35 cm thick because the straw bales are placed on edge !!

So let's be serious, how many houses have you built already?

2 on this principle posts / beam with straw insulation + earth coating on the walls

Hello,

Very nice frame ...

I will have a few questions:
* There is a small part of the building which is on crawl space, why?
* We can see the straw bales arriving "at the top" of the load-bearing rafters, how is the frame, decking and counter decking ventilated?
* These same boots are coated with earth, is it for air tightness? Wouldn't it be better to have a rain cover?

aerialcastor wrote:There is a small part of the building which is on crawlspace, why?

In fact there is a crawl space simply to be able to if necessary on the one hand change the direction of the water inlet and waste water evacuation pipes and also to be able to ensure maintenance in case or something else.

We see the straw bales arrive "at the top" of the load-bearing rafters, how is the frame, decking and counter litelage ventilated?

Above the rafters which separate the straw bales from the roof is fixed a counter-rafter in the same direction as the initial rafters in order to install a rain screen.

Above this rain shield come the battens and counter-battens to lay the tiles

These same boots are coated with earth, is it for air tightness? Wouldn't it be better to have a rain cover?

The boots are coated with earth for 3 reasons:

- the first to ensure a thermal phase difference between the outside and the inside.
- the second to protect the boots from a possible fire the earth acting as a retarder
- the third to protect it from rodents and insects

For the rain shield I answered previously !!