Title: Intresting Building Idea From S Africa Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:May 7, 2008 Author:http://www.ecobuildtechnologies.com/inde Post Date:2008-05-07 18:15:18 by tom007 Keywords:None Views:291 Comments:17
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Uses sandbags as the main material for building - the bulk of the material is dug from the site.
Red, just last week we had a new roof put on our tar and gravel ancient roof that was well past its time. Leaking etc.
The crew put a dense foam (4X8) sheeting on the roof, maybe 1" thick, and the heat sealed a Buytal 50 mm bright white sheeting on top of the whole thing with flashing and overlapped the heat seams about 1 1/2"
Already we can tell a great difference. The store is warmer in the morning and, before the new roof, around 11:00 you could feel the heat radiating in from the sun.
The roof was $7000, and I know the payback in terms of less power to cool our products will be long term, but already it has provided for a nicer environment for us, and that is something I really did not expect.
Much cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, not a bad plan. And we had to do it as a few years from now the joists would be laying on the carpet.