[Ansteorra] straw bale structures
Tump Laird
tlaird at satx.rr.com
Fri Feb 8 15:10:25 PST 2002
They do well in all climates. We have three permanent structures in
Bjornsborg with a forth going up (hopefully) after Gulf Wars. A simple
concrete foundation a few inches above the ground with the proper moisture
barrier and they work well. A web search will get a book and video with all
the info you need. Check our website for links to photos.
Botolf the Dane
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1. Straw bale structures (Saar-rah Al-Sabbirah)
2. Siege Machines on The History Channel (jaysmom)
3. Book (L T)
4. Attn: Nice lady with my scroll case.... (Southern Regional Scribe)
5. Re: Straw bale structures (karen moon)
6. Re: gulf wars idea (Ashlin Chrystal)
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Message: 1
From: "Saar-rah Al-Sabbirah" <alsabbirah at hotmail.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:35:17 -0800
Subject: [Ansteorra] Straw bale structures
Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Iain MacCrimmon wrote:
>My only caveat is this:
> Where this is common practice is in a high desert. In a wetter
>climate, I think you might have to worry about the hay wicking moisture
>up from the ground, and then your wall would rot from the inside out.
> Worth checking into, though.
Straw bale houses supposedly do well in wet climates as well. They were
becoming popular in Oregon right in the Willamette valley where they get
floods and plenty of rain. I heard great things about them up there. I
believe the trick is that the wall must be fairly well sealed inside the
concrete covering. My understanding is that for a permanent structure, the
hay doesn't sit right on the ground...you put it on a foundation just like
any other house.
Straw (as opposed to hay) is quite cheap in places where they grow any type
of grass seed or grain. Straw is just the grass culms and is used for
bedding, not feed. Hay has the seed heads and is typically fed to beasties
(and there are a variety of hay types out there, ranging in price).
-Saiida Saar-rah al-Sabbirah khaDraa' al-`ayn ad-Daar al-Libnee, called
Shu'la
Former resident of rainy grassy Antir
The Prophet said: "Do not consider even the smallest good deed as
unimportant, even if it's only meeting your brother with a cheerful face."
--Hadith narrated by Abu Dharr, as related by Muslim
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 11:03:10 -0800 (PST)
From: jaysmom <jaysmom at swbell.net>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra] Siege Machines on The History Channel
Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
For those of you interested in Siege Engines, there's a show about them
coming up on the History Channel later this month: 2/26 at 9pm
regards,
Simone
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From: "L T" <ldeerslayer at hotmail.com>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 04:24:18
Subject: [Ansteorra] Book
Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
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For those looking into our membership retention problems, this might be
a good read!
Lorraine DeerSlayer
Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D.
Putnam (Paperback - August 2001)
Editions: Hardcover | Paperback
List Price: $16.00
Amazon Price: $12.80
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From: Southern Regional Scribe <southern_scribe at ansteorra.org>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 22:33:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Ansteorra] Attn: Nice lady with my scroll case....
Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Would the nice lady who has found my scroll case please contact me...
or send it with someone to Elfsea Baronial College this weekend...
I miss it.
Much thanks,
Emma Dandelion
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From: "karen moon" <karenmoon at msn.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Straw bale structures
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:41:27 -0600
Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
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Hey, come to the Bjornsborg Ransom Tourney and you can see a straw bale hou=
se, a straw bale chapel and a strawbale Stonehenge. Cynric & Seraphina are=
straw-bale-building fools. (Cynric does pretty darn well with plain old r=
ocks, too!)
Mari
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From: Saar-rah Al-Sabbirah
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:36 PM
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra] Straw bale structures
Iain MacCrimmon wrote:
>My only caveat is this:
> Where this is common practice is in a high desert. In a wetter
>climate, I think you might have to worry about the hay wicking moisture
>up from the ground, and then your wall would rot from the inside out.
> Worth checking into, though.
Straw bale houses supposedly do well in wet climates as well. They were
becoming popular in Oregon right in the Willamette valley where they get
floods and plenty of rain. I heard great things about them up there. I
believe the trick is that the wall must be fairly well sealed inside the
concrete covering. My understanding is that for a permanent structure, the
hay doesn't sit right on the ground...you put it on a foundation just like
any other house.
Straw (as opposed to hay) is quite cheap in places where they grow any type
of grass seed or grain. Straw is just the grass culms and is used for
bedding, not feed. Hay has the seed heads and is typically fed to beasties
(and there are a variety of hay types out there, ranging in price).
-Saiida Saar-rah al-Sabbirah khaDraa' al-`ayn ad-Daar al-Libnee, called
Shu'la
Former resident of rainy grassy Antir
The Prophet said: "Do not consider even the smallest good deed as
unimportant, even if it's only meeting your brother with a cheerful face."
--Hadith narrated by Abu Dharr, as related by Muslim
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 21:17:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Ashlin Chrystal <ashlin_c at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] gulf wars idea
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
--- "J.G. Bretz (Beatrice di Palermo)"
<b3zsgirl at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > What about a castle wall made of hay bails...or if
> not a 'castle wall'
> > a wall around the entrance. We, or somebody, is
> doing a lot of work to
> > make us an ansteorran front gate, what about a
> wall?
>
>
> If you attend the William Marshall Tournament of the
> Barony of Bjornsborg,
> at the end of the month, you will see this exact
> construction in action.
> Don't miss Strawhenge
>
> Beatrice
Or Loco cabana, or the new chapel.
Lady Ashlin
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