Rammed Earth: Safeguard Your Health Using SIREWALL

We spend 90 percent of our time indoors and needlessly surround ourselves with carcinogens and other toxins. Lumber manufacturers douse most building wood with toxic fungicides to prevent mold growth. Often, the built environment is layered with chemicals and provides ideal habitat for mold, which contribute to asthma, multiple chemical sensitivities, immune system deficiencies and other health issues. Besides being bad for your health, such measures don’t always stop carpenter ants, termites and dry rot from slowly consuming wood houses.

Why does a typical wood wall contain elements like volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates, fungicides and urea formaldehyde?   Doesn’t the Building Code ensure that only healthy materials can be used?  No, the Building Code is there to ensure the minimum level of safety in buildings and, at this point in time, toxic materials aren’t deemed to be a safety issue.

Unlike most building materials, SIREWALL rammed earth walls are non-toxic and maintenance-free, requiring no sealants or finishes, which preserves indoor air quality. SIREWALL builders use an integral admixture that seals the wall all the way through, reducing the need for ongoing maintenance.

SIREWALL eliminates toxins from wall assemblies, creating interior spaces that are healthy to inhabit. This is true not only of the wall itself, but also through the exclusion of interior and exterior finishes that can contain many of the most toxic and environmentally destructive components found on a construction site.