Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Straw Building Material

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

J.MASSENGALE [at] EWORLD.COM is the author of the message below but due
to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred).

Note: J.MASSENGALE [at] EWORLD.COM unsubscribed just before posting the 
message below.  Curious.  Fred

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To be structural, these panels have to be 
faced with Oriented Strand Board (a kind of particle board).

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Two newspaper articles -- Reuter and the Washington Post -- reported the fact
that Seaside, Florida came through Hurricane Opal much better than most of
its neighbors for quite a long way on both sides. Both articles attributed
this to a variety of factors, including the fact that Seaside's building
codes are tougher than the local codes. Specifically mentioned was the fact
that they require plywood rather than particle board.