We had the biggest setback of our project so far! Will noticed some discoloration in the ring beam between the first and second floor. He opened it up and there was a lot of moisture and the start of mold! This is thanks to our very wet summer and how difficult it was to protect the beam during the many rain storms we had. We opened up other areas and found similar problems. We had to take out all the nails, cut the plywood, pull out the insulation, wash down the whole interior with a fungicide solution and then put it all back together again. On the positive side, we're thankful that we caught this before the walls were closed-in because this could have been disastrous for the straw bale walls!
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