Hi There,
Me and my family are about to start building a house in a danish ecovillage.
We would really like to keep things cheap and simple - but on the other hand, we have to stick to building regulations, heavy insulation, keeping everything air tight etc..
We are considering a woodframe structure, insulated with loose woodfibre, as it seems to be an relatively easy method to get a really warm and air tight construction.
On the inside, we would like to skip the plaster, and make something like wattle and daub - or just heavy walls of plain cob.
The wall from inside out would then be (say 100 mm?) cob - half inch woodfibre board / osb - 300 mm woodfibre - another woodfibre board - wood siding.
The wood part would then keep the house warm and tight - and the inside cob will make it fireproof, and improve moisture handling and add heat capacity.
However - i have a hard time finding any experiences with mixing wood frame and cob. To me it seems like a perfect clone of straw bale / clay building and wood frame - to fulfill both building regulations and a healthy and natural atmosphere.
I would really like to here your ideas and thoughts on the project.
Would it be to over complicate things?
Will the clay inside a tight wood frame really add anything but charm?
First post, but read a lot:-)
