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A Twitter post from BBC World saying "Should more British homes be built using straw?" Below is a speech bubble coming out of a wolf.
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[โ€“] -2 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

and what if the owner added a hole because they felt like it?

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    That wouldn't be good for a bunch of reasons. Mainly because the owner is obviously stupid.

    That being said, I'd argue that Cars aren't safe because if you light a fire under it and wait for a few minutes it goes up in flames.

    Same reasoning.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Farmers have known for thousands of years that wet straw can spontaneously combust and you're saying people can't put a nail in their wall or install a new outdoor light?

    What happens if you have a pinhole leak in a pipe?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 weeks ago*

    First: don't drill into walls from the outside if you don't know what's going on. True for all kinds of insulation. Wet polystyrene is also a disaster, albeit being not as fiery.

    Second: don't drill into pipes. For that there are regulations to. Where are conduits supposed to be located and therefore you know where (not) to drill. If it still happens it's another human error and in my opinion as dangerous as nicking a powerline and creating a small glow (unlikely today thanks to gfci and such).

    but to the larger point you made: i am sure that if you put a lot of straw in a pile and add water and wait and settle that it will generate heat. Composts come to mind. That takes a lot of thickness for the heat to overcome thermodynamic equilibrium and start to burn. Thr straw in the wall is sealed. But not for heat but air transit. As you can see in the picture of the article that wall has a thickness of about 50?cm, which is not enough to create that heat pile effect when wet. The heat would be dissipated, I am sure.

    And what I am even more certain of is German regulations being overly thorough to the point of being anal. There is no way that this hasn't been tested to death especially with the strong chemical company's lobby here.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's what the permitting process is (theoretically) for: to ensure specific, potentially dangerous repairs and construction are done according to safety code.

    Hypothetical situation: If you have to get a permit to do general contractor work, and the hole you find violates code, I would assume you would be expected to repair the hole. depending on the size of the hole (are we talking pinholes? Nails? How do you mount shit to a stud on a wall built out of haybales? Is the stud buried in the bale or extra thick to accommodate the thicker wall? I've never worked with one of these hay walls, the idea of them is so neat) I'd talk to the owner specifically about how I was repairing it so they could repair any other holes themselves, as that would likely not be the job I was hired to do. I haven't worked construction since high school tho so ymmv.

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