wood-wool

The construction is ventilated on the exterior and insulated with wood-wool or flax, with fiber gypsum to cover all installations and cables.

PREFAB FRIDAY: Sustainable Homes from Easy Domes | Inhabitat 2008

· Fibres: The most appropriate locally available fibres were found to be eucalyptus waste from the manufacture of wood-wool products.

Chapter 10 1991

· Insulating layers or panels made of wood-wool slabs or softboard.

Chapter 4 1988

· Structural or non-structural floors, walls and ceilings or roofs, made of pole timber (block construction), sawn timber boards, or large panels from plywood, particle board, fibre board or wood-wool slabs; in most cases, suitable for prefabricated building systems.

Chapter 4 1988

· The 7.5 cm thick wood-wool cement boards (50 x 200 cm) are assembled with horizontal mortar joints and held together by wooden formwork.

Chapter 11 1988

In comparison with horsehair, it is three times cheaper; it is safe from the attack of moth, and in a finished sofa no upholsterer would be able to distinguish between wood-wool and hair-stuffing.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841

This substance has been called _Holz wolle_, wood-wool, from a similarity in its quality to that of ordinary wool; it may be curled, felted, or spun in the same way.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841

It was remarked, among other things, that the influence of the _wood-wool_ prevented parasitic insects from lodging in the beds, and the aromatic odour arising from it had been found as beneficial as it was agreeable.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841

A trial of five years in these different establishments has proved, that the wood-wool can be very suitably employed for counterpanes, and for stuffed or quilted articles of furniture, and that it is very durable.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841

It was found that, at the end of the five years, a wood-wool mattress had cost less than one made of straw, as the latter requires an addition of two pounds of new straw every year.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841