Kyle Holzhueter makes a solid defense for using straw as an insulation material in the moist climate of Japan
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Our sponsor, Permatint, shares with us why using their products has benefits over manmade products.
The second part of this article asks the questions you need to know when designing a monitoring system.
April Magill shares her journey into natural building and what she is currently working on.
Andrew Morrison helps us understand how to properly choose the sand for your plaster.
Darcy Donovan updates us on her progress of building bale structures in Pakistan through PAKSAB
Chris Magwood reviews a new product, which is a tape material used at joints between two materials for plaster reinforcing
In the first of a two part series article, Jacob Deva Racusin explains the differences in monitors for your walls. This is “must know” information for every builder and owner.
In this issue:
- BuildWell Library Launch
- Building Monitoring for Straw Bale Walls
- Adobe Floors – Part 2
- Polished Tosa Shikkui
- Choosing a Plaster System
- Tape vs. Mesh
- Book Reviews
- …and more.
By Chris Magwood An important concept to understand when considering moisture and building materials is adsorption. Moisture in vapor form infiltrates any and all materials. The surface of most materials…
by Chris Magwood The straw bale revival of the 1990s reintroduced builders to a pioneer building method that showed remarkable potential for building in a modern context. The nature of…
By Michel Couvreux Thanks to the hard work of a few, Natural Hydraulic Lime has become one of the materials of choice for restoration/preservation projects and natural building construction in…
This article appeared in TLS #57. Loose Strings: Technical Discussions by Jeff Ruppert – Colorado, USA T e c h T i p s A little known fact in the…
This article originally appeared in Issue #54. This issue includes a table of straw-bale building codes, guidelines and mandates in the U.S., and links to straw-bale codes, guidelines and supporting…
This article appears in issue #57 of TLS. There have been other articles about moisture sensors in recent years. by Habib John Gonzalez – British Columbia, Canada This article appeared…
This article appeared in TLS #43. by Gernot Minke – University of Kassel, Germany Note: This article is excerpted from Earth Construction Handbook (by Gernot Minke, WIT Press, Southhampton, Boston,…
This article appeared in TLS #53. The topic of this issue is Moisture. It contains an extensive article about Moisture Basics and Straw-Bale Moisture Basics (by John Straube, edited by…
