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I am building a house in Iowa by the strict requirements 
and dimensionality of Sthapatya-ved. As you probably know, 
these dimensions are specific to certain harmonic 
structures generated by the architectural style and my 
astologic chart. The outer walls will be approximately 10.5 
inches thick. I would like to use some sort of straw/clay 
mixture, but I also live in a very cold climate. It is not 
unusual to have -10 degree temperatures for several weeks 
on end. I have friends who built with rammed earth and 
their environment is miserable during winter, always 
fighting the fly-wheeling of energy in the earth structure. 
Can you shed any light on the true insulation value of a 
straw clay mixture in this climate. 
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  Re: I am building a house in Iowa by the strict requirements and dimensionality of Sthapatya-ved. As you probably know, these dimensions are specific to certain harmonic structures generated by the architectural style and my astologic chart. The outer walls will be approximately 10.5 inches thick. I would like to use some sort of straw/clay mixture, but I also live in a very cold climate. It is not unusual to have -10 degree temperatures for several weeks on end. I have friends who built with rammed earth and their environment is miserable during winter, always fighting the fly-wheeling of energy in the earth structure. Can you shed any light on the true insulation value of a straw clay mixture in this climate.
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Clay for building has simillar insulation property to 
rammed earth as it is the same material just applied in a 
different way. As you have mentioned it really performs 
best where thermal mass is needed. Straw bales have 
insulation value twice that of the building regulations 
reguirement. When you mix the two together, depending on 
what proportions you mix you get somewhere in between the 
two. The best straw clay walls for this type of climate are 
ones where you mix as much straw with the clay as possible, 
to obtain as high an insulation value as possible, then 
apply thick internal earthen plaster and south-facing 
windows for the earthen plaster to act as thermal mass 
inside.
 
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