Bale walls have a tendency to wiggle and seem weak during the baling phase and often don’t find their strength until the mesh, bamboo stiffeners, or other strengthening materials are put in place. We strengthen the walls in a simple and quick manner with the use of scrap wood blocking.
By nailing a scrap piece of 2×4 to the posts and the pounding it down onto the top of the bale, we tighten up the entire wall. We use one piece of blocking at the bale course that lies one higher than the half way mark. This system is quick, simple, and very successful. It also provides additional nailers for mesh on the exterior of the building. This method is the fastest way I have found to strengthen walls and we use it on all our homes.
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Andrew Morison is a specialist in straw bale and green construction. He has shown thousands of people how to build their own straw bale projects through his comprehensive series of instructional straw bale, concrete foundation, and plastering DVDs. You can check these out at www.LearnStrawBale.com..
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