Building with earth - Gernot MINKE (1)

9.7
9.9
onto the centre of a cross made of two
bundles of straw. The ends of the bundles
are then lifted up around the loam, which
formed into bottle-like shapes and covered
with loam. The bottle is then held horizontally,
and the neck wound around the vertical
member, while the bottom is pressed
against the neck of the previous bottle.
9.10
9.11
Lightweight loam infill
Since they fail to provide sufficient thermal
insulation, the traditional techniques
described in earlier sections cannot be used
in modern construction in cold climates.
To provide thermal insulation, the frames
can be filled with lightweight loam mixtures
(or the exterior covered with layers of commonly
used thermal insulation materials).
This technique has the advantage of less
labour input and no shrinkage whatsoever.
Systems with greater thermal insulating
effects are shown in chapter 14, p. 108. The
lightweight additives are described in chapter
4, pp. 48 to 51.
9.7 Timber frame wall
with infill of straw
loam rolls (German:
Wickel) (after Houben,
Guillaud, 1984)
9.8 Making loam
rolls with straw (after
Vorhauer, 1979)
9.9 to 9.11 Modern
method of making
straw loam rolls (BRL)
9.12 Traditional
method of making
straw loam bottles
Infill with stranglehm and earthfilled
hoses
Modern solutions of filling the openings in
timber skeleton structures or timber-framed
houses with stranglehm or earth-filled
hoses are described in chapter 8, p. 75 and
chapter 10, p. 89.
9.8 9.12
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Wet loam infill