Patent ID: 7461486
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: E04B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling moisture in a building wall having stacked straw bales at its core comprising: a foundation wall having a generally horizontal top surface; a plurality of straw bales having a width stacked on said foundation wall providing a core for the wall wherein the stacked bales have an uppermost bale; a pair of spaced-apart runners attached to the horizontal surface of said foundation wall creating a channel therebetween wherein the distance between said runners is less than the width of said straw bales at the core of the wall whereby said straw bales supported on said runners are disposed above the horizontal surface of said foundation wall and an air space is created between said foundation wall horizontal surface and said straw bales; an exterior membrane covering the bales on the other side of said wall and extending above the uppermost bale; a wall bond beam disposed on said interior and exterior membranes above and spaced apart from the uppermost bale creating an enclosed air space within the building wall above the uppermost bale and between said interior membrane and said exterior membrane at the top of the wall.