[Strawbale] Lime Plaster, The Magic Numbers

[Athena & Bill Steen]

I guess the one thing that I would add is that once you've made your  
best calculations add another chunk for the straw bale walls.  A lot  
will depend upon the character of your walls, but for sure, it will  
take you more than you think. For starters, 15% over the top wouldn't  
be bad for a starting point.

Bill
On Sep 14, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Debbie Johnson-Jackson wrote:

> Thanks Rob,
>
> It is oh so obvious how to calculate it when shown so well. The only
> tricky part was getting the volume of the Lime,
> which is of course not written on the bag. In the end I just measured
> the outside dimensions of the bag and used
> that as a ruff number (1.4 cu. ft). I checked this measuring method
> by measuring a bag of sand and cement that
> I knew the volumes of and the measured values came out very close to
> the actual values.
> Anyway, thank you for your help it is clear that a truck load of sand
> is indeed in order!
>
> 			Cheers,
> 				Debbie
>
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