[Strawbale] cement stucco problems?

[Rob Tom]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:01:07 -0400, Mark Bigland-Pritchard  
<mark at lowenergydesign.com> wrote:

> Rob -
> It's just not as simple as that.
[snip]

>  So I would be pretty confident that cement stucco would pose no riskin  
> a continental climate for usual domestic conditions.
[snip]

> stucco does bring an additional risk, and though that addition to risk  
> is smallit could be the factor that tips the balance both in moist  
> temperate climatesand in buildings with high humidity levels.
[snip]

> Rob Tom wrote:
>> Moisture transport into the wall assemblies of low-rise buildings as a
>> result of vapour diffusion through the broad surfaces of the claddings  
>> has never been and never will be an issue and as such, I would say that  
>> the
>> issue of "BREATHABILITY" such as it is, is a non-issue
[snip]

Sorry Mark, I'm not sure what it is that you're saying is not that simple.

That the vapour permeance of plaster choices isn't an issue
or that moisture will not be an issue if the straw is kept dry ?

In any case, if you want to send me the XLS files either as emailed file  
attachments or snail-mailed on diskette, I can convert them into PDFs for  
you and if you like, put them in the FILES section.

Hokay ? Hokay.


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Rob Tom
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