US 6,061,986 A · Reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly

Abstract

A reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly includes a plurality of straw bales, a vertical column of rigid material, a layer of fabric, a plurality of screens, a footing section, a bond-beam form and a layer of reinforced mortar. The straw bales are stacked. The column includes concrete and a reinforcement rod. The concrete fills aligned vertical channels of the straw bales. The reinforcement rod is disposed in the channels and embedded by the concrete. The fabric of a substantially air-permeable material is attached to the stacked straw bales and disposed on vertical sides of the straw bales forming exterior and interior surfaces of the building employing the wall assembly. Each screen overlies and caps a top end of one of the straw bales and intersects the channels and defines an opening aligned with the channels and allows passage of the reinforcement rod. The layer of reinforced mortar includes a layer of reinforcing screen netting attached to ends of the screens projecting from between the bales. The footing section includes a slab of concrete and a stub rod. The stub rod is embedded by the concrete of the column and footing section. The assembly also includes a vertical pressure treated board, a vertical foam insulation board and a pair of upper and lower horizontal tie boards which function with the footing section to support the wall assembly. The bond-beam form secures the wall assembly.

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Dependent claims

A reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly, comprising:

(a) a plurality of straw bales stacked on top of one another, each of said stacked straw sales having opposite top and bottom ends and a plurality of vertical sides, said stacked straw bales defining a plurality of vertical channels horizontally spaced from and aligned with one another and extending between said top and bottom ends of said stacked straw bales;
(b) a plurality of vertical columns of rigid material each disposed in one of said aligned vertical channels defined by said stacked straw bales;
(c) a plurality of pieces of fabric each comprised of a substantially air-permeable material and having upper and lower edge portions disposed between and attached to vertically adjacent ones of said stacked straw bales such that said pieces of fabric are disposed on those of said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming at least an exterior surface of said wall assembly;
(d) means for supporting said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material;
(e) a layer of reinforced mortar supported adjacent to said pieces of fabric along those of said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming said exterior surface of said wall assembly;
and
(f) a plurality of screens of substantially rigid material each overlying and capping said top end of one of said stacked straw bales and disposed between vertically adjacent ones of said stacked straw bales such that said screens intersect said vertical channels of said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material disposed in said vertical channels and overlap said upper and lower edge portions of adjacent ones of said pieces of fabric so as to retain said edge portions between said vertically adjacent ones of said stacked straw bales.

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A reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly, comprising:

(a) a plurality of straw bales stacked on top of one another, each of said stacked straw bales having opposite top and bottom ends and a plurality of vertical sides, said stacked straw bales defining a plurality of vertical channels horizontally spaced from and aligned with one another and extending through and between said top and bottom ends of said stacked straw bales;
(b) a plurality of vertical columns of rigid material respectively disposed in and filling said aligned vertical channels of said stacked straw bales;
(c) a plurality of screens of rigid material each having main portion overlying and capping said top end of one of said stacked straw bales and disposed between vertically adjacent ones and intersecting said vertical channels of said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material in said vertical channels and having a pair of opposite side portions attached to and extending downwardly from opposite edges of said main portion so as to extend vertically along portions of said opposite vertical sides of said stacked straw bales;
(d) means for supporting said stacked straw bales and said vertical column of rigid material;
and
(e) a layer of reinforced mortar attached to and extending along said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming an exterior surface of said wall assembly, said layer of reinforced mortar being attached to those of said opposite side portions of said screens extending vertically along portions of said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming said exterior surface of said wall assembly.

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A reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly, comprising:

(a) a plurality of straw bales stacked on top of one another, each of said stacked straw bales having opposite top and bottom ends and a plurality of vertical sides, said stacked straw bales defining a plurality of vertical channels horizontally spaced from and aligned with one another and extending between said top and bottom ends of said stacked straw bales;
(b) a plurality of vertical columns of rigid material each disposed in one of said aligned vertical channels defined by said stacked straw bales;
(c) means for supporting said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material, said supporting means including
(i) a footing section of rigid material having a portion underlying and supporting said stacked straw bales and vertical columns of rigid material with a bottom of said portion spaced therebelow,
(ii) a vertical pressure treated board underlying said stacked straw bales and having opposite inner and outer sides, said inner side of said vertical pressure treated board being disposed adjacent to said footing section and said outer side of said vertical pressure treated board being disposed in the same plane as those of said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming an exterior surface of said wall assembly, and
(iii) a vertical foam insulation board underlying said stacked straw bales and extending downwardly beyond said bottom of said footing section, said vertical foam insulation board having opposite inner and outer sides and opposite top and bottom sides, said inner side of said vertical foam insulation board being disposed flush against said footing section and said outer side of said vertical foam insulation board being mounted to said inner side of said vertical pressure treated board;
and
(d) a layer of reinforced mortar supported along said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming said exterior surface of said wall assembly.

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A reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly, comprising:

(a) a plurality of straw bales stacked on top of one another, each of said stacked straw bales having opposite top and bottom ends and a plurality of vertical sides, said stacked straw bales defining a plurality of vertical channels horizontally spaced from and aligned with one another and extending through and between said top and bottom ends of said stacked straw bales;
(b) a plurality of vertical columns of rigid material disposed in and filling said aligned vertical channels of said stacked straw bales, each of said vertical columns of rigid material including
(i) a vertical column of concrete filling each of said aligned vertical channels of said stacked straw bales, and
(ii) a reinforcement rod having opposite upper and lower ends and disposed vertically in each of said vertical channels of said stacked straw bales and embedded by said concrete between said opposite upper and lower ends of said reinforcement rod;
(c) means for supporting said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material;
(d) means for securing said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material upon said supporting means;
and
(e) a layer of reinforced mortar supported along said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming an exterior surface of said wall assembly;
(f) said securing means including
(i) a bottom board having opposite edge portions and mounted to said top end of a top one of said stacked straw bales and intersecting said aligned vertical channel of said top one stacked straw bale and defining an opening aligned with said aligned vertical channels of said stacked straw bales,
(ii) a bridge,
(iii) a pair of opposite side boards fixed along said opposite edge portions of said bottom board and supporting said bridge in spaced relation above said bottom board, and
(iv) a body of concrete continuous with said vertical column of concrete of said vertical column of rigid material and substantially enclosed by said bottom board, bridge and opposite side boards.

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