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Originally Posted by Whiskeydan
NHL = Natural hydraulic Lime is great for strawbale walls as it allows vapor to pass better than a portland based stucco.
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Right. NHL...I know what you're talking about. Yes, I plan to use a lime/sand plaster for it's vapor permeability. I've also heard that you can add a very slight amount of portland cement to the lime and sand to speed the curing.
Because some of the structure is sheathed in OSB for lateral stiffening, I'll probably use regular stucco netting but IIRC, it's possible to spray the plaster directly onto the bales in most other places.
I'm going to try to spray the plaster onto the bales with a
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Originally Posted by Whiskeydan
Whats the price of straw bales there?
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Mine are wheat straw, harvested down around Seguin. I paid $2.75 each + $1.75/mile delivery. I bought these back in January after looking unsuccessfully for local (Taylor etc) bales for about 3 months.
Hay is through the roof. 1100# round bales are going for over $100/ea. and the market is bringing out some strangeness; down around Taylor and Manor and I'm starting to see some horrible johnson grass and weed pastures getting mowed and baled.
Without some rain in the very near future, we'll only get one cutting of hay. It is grim.