[Strawbale] foam, pro and con

[Derek Roff]

> When I presented my experiment in using foam
> [snip] I warned
> that I would invoke the ire of many on the forum.

I would hope that there is a recognizable difference between disagreeing 
and "invoking ire."  So far, the discussion has been calm and polite, in my 
opinion.  Has any ire has been expressed off-list?

A consideration of the toxicity of a building material might include toxic 
products generated during a house fire.  Twenty years ago, toxic combustion 
products made some foams illegal for residential construction, in some 
European countries.  I don't remember the specifics, and I don't know if 
the laws or combustion toxicity levels for construction foams have changed 
significantly since then.

Derelict

Derek Roff
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