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'''Rice-hull bagwall''' construction is a system of [[building]], with results [[aesthetic]]ally similar to the use of [[Earthbag construction|earthbag]] or [[Cob (building)|cob]] construction, in which woven [[polypropylene]] bags (or tubes) are tightly filled with raw [[rice]]-hulls, and these are stacked up, layer upon layer, with strands of four-pronged [[barbed wire]] between, within a surrounding "cage" composed of mats of welded or [[woven]] [[steel]] mesh (remesh or "poultry wire") on both sides (wired together between bag layers with, for example, rebar tie-wire) and then [[stucco]]ed, to form building walls. Advantages (compared to earth-bag or cob) include less weight to handle/process, far better insulation values (around 3 - 4 per inch), use of an [[agricultural]]-waste product and the sequestration of [[carbon dioxide|CO< |
'''Rice-hull bagwall''' construction is a system of [[building]], with results [[aesthetic]]ally similar to the use of [[Earthbag construction|earthbag]] or [[Cob (building)|cob]] construction, in which woven [[polypropylene]] bags (or tubes) are tightly filled with raw [[rice]]-hulls, and these are stacked up, layer upon layer, with strands of four-pronged [[barbed wire]] between, within a surrounding "cage" composed of mats of welded or [[woven]] [[steel]] mesh (remesh or "poultry wire") on both sides (wired together between bag layers with, for example, rebar tie-wire) and then [[stucco]]ed, to form building walls. Advantages (compared to earth-bag or cob) include less weight to handle/process, far better insulation values (around 3 - 4 per inch), use of an [[agricultural]]-waste product and the sequestration of [[carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]]. This building approach was originally innovated and tested by Don Stephens, in the northwestern [[U.S.]] in 2005. |
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Revision as of 17:52, 19 October 2009
Rice-hull bagwall construction is a system of building, with results aesthetically similar to the use of earthbag or cob construction, in which woven polypropylene bags (or tubes) are tightly filled with raw rice-hulls, and these are stacked up, layer upon layer, with strands of four-pronged barbed wire between, within a surrounding "cage" composed of mats of welded or woven steel mesh (remesh or "poultry wire") on both sides (wired together between bag layers with, for example, rebar tie-wire) and then stuccoed, to form building walls. Advantages (compared to earth-bag or cob) include less weight to handle/process, far better insulation values (around 3 - 4 per inch), use of an agricultural-waste product and the sequestration of CO2. This building approach was originally innovated and tested by Don Stephens, in the northwestern U.S. in 2005.
See also
- Earthbag construction
- Cob construction