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Incubation room, insulated with straw bales
    #19106808 - 11/08/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

We figured out a couple weeks ago, when the temperatures got low and stayed low, that our straw logs were fruiting but not colonizing.  So, I decided to put some straw bales to use as insulation.  They are supposed to have around an R-60 factor.  R-19 batts are in the ceiling cause I ain't got time to engineer straw ceilings.

We are moving out of this rented warehouse space, and into a permanent homestead in the coming months.  So this is all very temporary.  The racks will hold around 400 sawdust bags and 36 straw logs.  Should be plenty of space with our high spawn rates.

Now all I gotta do is put up a temporary wall with a door and throw a space heater in there.  Can you say fire hazard?

Only downside is I'm allergic to straw :dawerp:






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Re: Incubation room, insulated with straw bales [Re: drake89]
    #19106821 - 11/08/13 05:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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drake89 said:

Now all I gotta do is put up a temporary wall with a door and throw a space heater in there.  Can you say fire hazard?

Only downside is I'm allergic to straw :dawerp:





these two lines made me crack up lol
interesting way to improvise


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Re: Incubation room, insulated with straw bales [Re: leschampignons]
    #19107941 - 11/08/13 09:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

An oil-filled radient heater might be less hazardous?  With an R-60 insulation value, a couple of 100 watt light bulbs might be enough!



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Re: Incubation room, insulated with straw bales [Re: leschampignons]
    #19107954 - 11/08/13 09:43 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

The other benefit of a warmer colonization is the natural cold shock of moving them into the FC.  Nothing brings on a pin set like a drop in temps.

Congrats on the new diggs


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Re: Incubation room, insulated with straw bales [Re: t3chnobily]
    #19108342 - 11/08/13 11:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

well made straw bales are hard to digest by fire. it is so tightly compressed together, that only the outer loose straws burn. at least that's what i always hear from people who build strawbale-houses (wood construction with straw bales compressed in the frames, often plastered with cob (clay, sand, and sometimes some cow manure)).
these houses have great insulation. i'm planning to build my own house like that in the future, if it will be possible money and time wise.


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Re: Incubation room, insulated with straw bales [Re: forrest]
    #19108360 - 11/08/13 11:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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these houses have great insulation. i'm planning to build my own house like that in the future, if it will be possible money and time wise.




I want a link to that thread if you do!  I'm all about new house building ideas... esp. anything non-conventional.


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Re: Incubation room, insulated with straw bales [Re: Forrester]
    #19108460 - 11/09/13 12:04 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

(sorry to highjack your thread for a bit drake...)

yeah ^_^ i'll make a thread when i'll build the house. i did a lot of voluntarilywork at a project near by, where they build 23 houses earthship-style (look up mike renolds, earthships.) and learned to plaster with cob.
one style of straw building is called the nebraska-style, but if i recall right, it is not with a supporting wood structure. ofcourse i could give you dutch or belglium links of organisations that develop (even prefab-straw-walls) technikes, but you probably don;t read dutch...
anyhow, it is getting more and more popular again, and there is lots of good info, open scource, about it.
i've been thinking about combining the strawbales and aspects from the earthships.


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