http://www.strawbale.com/recent-radio-show The World's Leader in Straw Bale Education Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.strawbale.com/recent-radio-show/comment-page-1#comment-1197 Andrew Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:22:08 +0000 http://www.strawbale.com/recent-radio-show#comment-1197 The reason for this is that the strength of the bales in the out of plane direction (perpendicular to the wall) is limited to a wall width to height ratio. If you go too high, the wall becomes weak under the load of the roof and can collapse. It is possible to build a single story with a loft if the roof pitch is steep. I am sure people have done multiple story load bearing houses, but it is very experimental and somewhat dangerous at this point. There is a lot to do in terms of testing before I would recommend anyone do it. Thanks for the question. The reason for this is that the strength of the bales in the out of plane direction (perpendicular to the wall) is limited to a wall width to height ratio. If you go too high, the wall becomes weak under the load of the roof and can collapse. It is possible to build a single story with a loft if the roof pitch is steep. I am sure people have done multiple story load bearing houses, but it is very experimental and somewhat dangerous at this point. There is a lot to do in terms of testing before I would recommend anyone do it. Thanks for the question.

]]> http://www.strawbale.com/recent-radio-show/comment-page-1#comment-1174 Mona Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:31:47 +0000 http://www.strawbale.com/recent-radio-show#comment-1174 You have said numerous times that you can't build 2-story load bearing, but I've come across (in books and on the web) houses that were 2-story and load bearing. Why do you say it isn't/can't be done? You have said numerous times that you can’t build 2-story load bearing, but I’ve come across (in books and on the web) houses that were 2-story and load bearing. Why do you say it isn’t/can’t be done?

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