a wall pre-construction method

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1、9Awallpre-constructionmethodDiscussionofthismethodofwallconstructionhasbeenreserveduntilafterintroducingthesmallerbaledesign,because,althoughthisconstructionmethodcanbeusedtoconstructwallswiththestandardbales,itisspeciallysuitedtothenewsmallerbales.This‘pre-co

2、nstruction’methodiseffectivelyamethodofprefabricatingstrawbalewalls,butisdesignedtobedoneon-site.Themethodbuildsontheadvantagesofthenewstrawbaletensioningsystempreviouslydescribed,butitisanoptionalextra,ratherthanbeingarequiredpartofthesystem.Thispre-construct

3、ionmethodbringsthefollowingadditionalbenefits.•Awallthatisasflatandasstraightasthehorizontalsurfaceonwhichitisconstructed—suchasthefloorofthebuildingbeingconstructed—withoutanyrequirementformalletsorotherwallstraighteningprocedures.•Forin-fillwalls,awallthatcl

4、oselyfitstheverticalspaceavailableandavoidsthenecessitytoinsertrelativelyloosestrawontopofthewallafterthewallhasbeencompressed.•Eliminationofthepreparationofcustom-lengthbales—splittingofbalesisreducedtoremovalofoverhangsections,andeventhatiseliminatedbyavaria

5、tiononthemethod.•Abilitytomakesectionswithend-assembliesthatenableprecisionendfinishingofwallsections.•Theoptionto‘prime’thewallsurfacewitheasy-to-apply,nowaste,lessmess,deep-penetratingpre-plastertreatment,therebyenablingmoreintimateadherenceofplastertothestr

6、awbales.•Wallconstructionthatiscompletedatfloorlevelwithnohighliftingofbales—thewallmaybemanipulatedintoplacebyapurpose-mademechanismafterithasbeenfullyassembledexceptforplastering.70PracticalstrawbalebuildingThewallisassembledandcompressedhorizontallyonaflats

7、urfaceintheimmediatevicinityofthewallsection’sfinallocation.Itisthenwinchedontoasupportframethatenablesittoberotatedaboutahorizontalaxisalongthecentreofthewall.Usingthisfacilitythewallsectioncanbe‘prime-plastered’inanoff-verticalorientation,whichenableseasyapp

8、licationofaliquidplastermixthatwillpenetratethestrawsurfacewithoutaddinggreatlytothemassofthewall.Thewallsectionisthenmanipulatedintoitsfinalpositionandlockedintoplaceforfinalplast