... In addition to the books you've ordered, and there are great ones about, you may find something useful in the Straw Bale Construction wikibook, just treat...
Welcome Barbara! How exciting to be at the beginning of this journey! My daughter goes to school in the Boston area and lives in a SB home the rest of the year...
... That would be the Patterson Straw Bale House in Maine: http://www.mhc.com/Maine/ If I recall correctly, there was some concern about the funky skylight ...
Hi Folks, My husband and I are building a straw bale home in Michigan. It is a post and beam with wrap around straw bales and posts exposed on the interior....
We let our bales sit stacked and covered for half a year. I figure any settling they were going to do they did then! If I recall correctly it's not so much a...
The consideration is that the pipes might "sweat", experience condensation, particularly where a cold water line comes into a bale wall from outside. For that...
... We used fencing wire, which itself isn't too expensive - but unless you are good at tying off fencing wire (using a fencing strainer), you would use...
... Yes - it is the same temperature (and hence condensation) problem. The material is really immaterial (boom boom). The outside of the pex will be about...
G ' day Balers Pre-compression is essential for any form of straw bale walls. The expense of gripples is well worth it. We have gone another step forward in...
Hello everyone! My name is Nedhera (pronounced like neh - druh) and I am in Illinois. I have a ton of questions, if anyone here has built a strawbale home in...
Ok, I am sweating now. :-) I am looking for the pics of the PEX on/in/thru my bale walls. Given the issues I had with the contractor and the issues the...
I'm just going to avoid the problem (my preferred approach for difficult problems!). In the two places where the supply lines would have normally come down an...
G ' day South Africa ... There is one South African architect designing and building in straw bales in Cape Town who I know and his name is Andy Horn. ECO...
It's one of those things that you could say equally about stick frame--why risk putting it in the walls because the pipes might leak or sweat? I don't actually...
... Hi Nedhera, you've come to a good place to get yer questions answered - although maybe not as directly as you might like. ... I like pay-as-you-go for many...
I am not sure about Illinois, but in general, permits are valid for 2 or 3 years, but require an inspection every 6 months to stay current. In other words, you...
Just a little update on upcoming CASBA events for those of us on the Left Coast and who may not be going to the International this time. (Wish I was but gotta...
I've noticed a few different ways to make window seats. One house I saw they built a 2x4 frame under the windows and put the bales in. Another place they...
All our SB windows are seats. We built a frame out of 2x4s and then covered the top with plywood and then wire mesh for the plaster to adhere to. We wanted to...
I'd love to see the photos. How do I access the web page? Leanne ... From: Pennbo To: SB-r-us@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:11 AM Subject:...
Click on the link at the bottom of this page where it says "to visit". Then click on Photos, and then find the folder Pennbo's Place- Plaster Not all it's...
Hi there, Just my 2cents worth but, the last 2-3 times I included window seats we decided that between the use of bales vs an opportunity to add some storage...
Thank you, thank you, thank you to BOTH Marcus and Lisa for your responses! They are incredibly helpful - I suppose it's common sense to know that these...
I have some pockets of exposed blue board around the house. Maybe 2"x36" or so. I'm concerned about plastering to these. Some are recessed, and the recessed...
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