And that is the trick isn’t it. A piece of wood gets rained on, it isn’t effected much if at all. When the sun comes out, it dries in less than an hour. But bales are much like sponges, they soak up water easily and dry out very, very, very slowly.
Just how much do you try the average construction crew to keep those bales dry on a job site?
No they probably aren’t suitable for mass use. But, for one-offs they can be viable choices if you get a high quality contractor and construction crew that knows what is needed to build the structure correctly.
So people who were highly motivated to do things right. And not your average contracting crew that needs to do the work as cheaply and fast as possible and get to the next job quickly.
And that is the trick isn’t it. A piece of wood gets rained on, it isn’t effected much if at all. When the sun comes out, it dries in less than an hour. But bales are much like sponges, they soak up water easily and dry out very, very, very slowly.
Just how much do you try the average construction crew to keep those bales dry on a job site?
Building clay-and-straw houses is not suitable for mass construction, I guess.
You could say you need to live on the site :)
No they probably aren’t suitable for mass use. But, for one-offs they can be viable choices if you get a high quality contractor and construction crew that knows what is needed to build the structure correctly.
The ones I saw were built by volunteers :D
Were they volunteers from the local pub?
No, from international civic service.
So people who were highly motivated to do things right. And not your average contracting crew that needs to do the work as cheaply and fast as possible and get to the next job quickly.