[Strawbale] bamboo pinning

[Jeff Ruppert]

We don't use any pins anymore.

I prefer to use chicken wire stapled to the top-plate/box-beam and to 
the sill plates, and then use sod staples to attach the wire to the 
bales.  We do this in vertical strips in the middles of bales panels, 
not over the entire surface.  It is far superior in terms of bracing to 
any pinning and is much faster.

on some of the pictures in this gallery, you can *barely* make out the 
vertical strips of mesh used on the 20 ft tall panels.  the best view is 
the fourth to final photo where you can see many panels at once.  notice 
the greying of the mid-way box-beams at two points in each panel.

just my two-sense.

Jeff Ruppert, P.E.
Principal

Odisea LLC
Ecological Building, Engineering and Consulting

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Leanne Rellstab wrote:
> Why is bamboo the common material used for pinning?  We are doing some vertical pinning to help strengthen/stabilize the walls.  What would be wrong with using lumber that we have on hand?  The only thing I could think of was that bamboo, being round, would suck into the bales better than a 1x2 would.  Just wondering.
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> Leanne
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