Rice-hull bagwall construction is a system of building,[1] with results aesthetically similar to the use of earthbag or cob construction.[2] Woven polypropylene bags (or tubes) are tightly filled with raw rice-hulls, and these are stacked up, layer upon layer, with strands of four-pronged barbed wire between. A surrounding "cage" composed of mats of welded or woven steel mesh (remesh or "poultry wire") on both sides (wired together between bag layers with, for example, rebar tie-wire) and then stuccoed, to form building walls.
Fireproofing edit
Mixing rice-hulls in boric acid and borax solution results in fireproofing. A similar result can be achieved if placed on top of poured ingot, which applies direct heat until turned into ash. In addition, its ash form does not appeal to vermin.[3]
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References edit
- ^ Attmann, Osman (2010). Green architecture: advanced technologies and materials. McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-07-162501-2.
- ^ The hand-sculpted house: a philosophical and practical guide to building a cob cottage. A Real Goods solar living book (First printing ed.). White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing Company. 2002. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-1-890132-34-7.
- ^ Hough, John H. (June 1956). "Possible uses for waste rice hulls in building materials and other products". LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports. Use as Insulating Material: 4, 5.