self made insulation ideas

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self made insulation ideas

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Hi all
am very pleased with my insulation baking kitchen for a future project
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In my location , nearby i can get high quality clay from a quarry for 11 euro a ton and straw or barley skins ( do not know the English word .... husk ? ) that i can source for 7 euro per m3


from left to right first is straw and clay , next is husk and clay , next is husk clay and coconut fibers , next is just sand clay and coconut fibers

The coconut was just because i tie trees with it but hemp should work too or horse, pig hair human hair from the hair dresser , as an reinforcement

All of those where worth the cooking and are super solid with different weight .... I was told that eco friendly insulation or even oil based insulation is costing in the region of at least 200 Euro per m3 .... so that should cost about 20

Not ony because of costs .... good to be a child too :D

I like clay as an material and prefer it to cement , lime or oil based , as not much enrgey enbodied

Just a thought


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Morning Billi,

You would get on well with Kevin McCabe who was on Grand designs and is a champion of the age old skill of Cobb building.

For anyone who missed his creation on grand designs:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/31 ... 389222.jpg

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Oh , thanks for that , Moxi

I actually might know him in person, with out being aware as he studied too (as me) at the same University and Professor Minke ....

https://www.buildsomethingbeautiful.co.uk/
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Wow if that was to be the case then it is, indeed, a small world - we will all find out that we are related to frotter at this rate! :lol:

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:D thats true .... we all related to frotter in some way :shock:


that is Gernot Minke a Lecturer at the Univesity of Kassel

http://gernotminke.gernotminke.de/projects/
ii met so many special people




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Nice, are they solely air dried? Do you have plans to test each units efficiently before going to larger production?
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Joeboy wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:36 am Nice, are they solely air dried? Do you have plans to test each units efficiently before going to larger production?
Yes they dried out in the open air and to my surprise very quick

the "husk clay and coconut fibers" is for me the best result , but have to find a alternative fiber
hope to get a hemp supplier locally as some farmers here now grow hemp again

Its mainly thought for the internal walls of the barn to the left .... but sure i will think about making boards for the whole roof insulation :D

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billi wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:38 am
Joeboy wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:36 am Nice, are they solely air dried? Do you have plans to test each units efficiently before going to larger production?
Yes they dried out in the open air and to my surprise very quick

the "husk clay and coconut fibers" is for me the best result , but have to find a alternative fiber
hope to get a hemp supplier locally as some farmers here now grow hemp again

Its mainly thought for the internal walls of the barn to the left .... but sure i will think about making boards for the whole roof insulation :D

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Nice one, not heard of coconut husk being used before. Straw. sand and clay are the traditional ones I know of. I wonder if there are varied insulation values between the differing straw possibilities? Up here in NE Scotland its mostly barley so quite a large straw.
15kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
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Nice one, not heard of coconut husk being used before. Straw. sand and clay are the traditional ones I know of. I wonder if there are varied insulation values between the differing straw possibilities? Up here in NE Scotland its mostly barley so quite a large straw.
it is barley husk , the coconut is the fibers i cut out of a tree tie cord and need a replacement idea for but i supose i ask a local hairdresser or the horsekeepers next door , but hempwool is available too
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billi wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:06 pm
Nice one, not heard of coconut husk being used before. Straw. sand and clay are the traditional ones I know of. I wonder if there are varied insulation values between the differing straw possibilities? Up here in NE Scotland its mostly barley so quite a large straw.
it is barley husk , the coconut is the fibers i cut out of a tree tie cord and need a replacement idea for but i supose i ask a local hairdresser or the horsekeepers next door
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Horsehair is real old School, nice. Non structural?
15kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
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