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Yippee! One wall up!
« on: October 21, 2012, 05:23:37 PM »
I'm so excited to finally be at the bale stage.  :yahoo:


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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2012, 05:29:12 PM »
I'm so excited to finally be at the bale stage.  :yahoo:




Congrats on the progress, and very cool!
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2012, 05:44:41 PM »
<<confused.

Is that going to be your kitchen, or your living room?
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2012, 08:02:21 PM »
Cool

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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2012, 08:15:32 PM »
Wow! I had no idea that you were doing this!
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2012, 09:25:08 PM »
Awesome, please post progress pictures!!!
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2012, 09:26:03 PM »
Very cool.  I've always wanted to watch one of these being built.
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2012, 09:29:30 PM »
Awesome, please post progress pictures!!!

I'm still confused as to what it's for.

It can't be a stable for horses, because they'd eat the walls.
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2012, 09:34:30 PM »
I'm still confused as to what it's for.

It can't be a stable for horses, because they'd eat the walls.

Straw bale home construction.
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2012, 11:25:06 PM »
I'm still confused as to what it's for.

It can't be a stable for horses, because they'd eat the walls.

It's a straw bale house, Frank.  The walls are straw bales that'll be covered with lime plaster (22" thick).  This is part of the kitchen wall.
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2012, 11:36:58 PM »
It's a straw bale house, Frank.  The walls are straw bales that'll be covered with lime plaster (22" thick).  This is part of the kitchen wall.

Is the straw specially treated to keep from rot and mold? 

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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2012, 11:55:04 PM »
No. But they can't get wet...ever. Once the plaster is on, they're sealed from water/air. They have an R value of about 35.  I met some folks who built one in NM- their electric bill runs about $40 mo.
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2012, 12:16:02 AM »
Kewl.. please post pics as it progresses!

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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2012, 05:21:10 AM »
That is pretty cool.  Looking forward to seeing it progress.


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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2012, 08:06:52 AM »
It's a straw bale house, Frank.  The walls are straw bales that'll be covered with lime plaster (22" thick).  This is part of the kitchen wall.

Okay, I never heard of that.  So you're actually hoping to live in such a place?

No sarcasm intended; it's just that it's reminiscent of sodhouses up here on the prairies.
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2012, 08:25:29 AM »
How are the bales secured together?   Do you drive long spikes down from the top skewering them all together as you would with a toothpick in a club sandwich?
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2012, 08:36:05 AM »
Okay, I never heard of that.  So you're actually hoping to live in such a place?

No sarcasm intended; it's just that it's reminiscent of sodhouses up here on the prairies.

There is actually a style of straw bale house called "nebraska style", originating around the 1880's. Quite a few still standing. That type is load-bearing (the walls support the roof). Mine is a modified post & beam.

http://thelaststraw.org/sban/tour/tour.html
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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2012, 08:45:16 AM »
How are the bales secured together?   Do you drive long spikes down from the top skewering them all together as you would with a toothpick in a club sandwich?

They used to do that, but water is the enemy. The walls breathe to release any moisture, so you don't want anything in there that might hold it.  Mine is post & beam, and I don't have any long runs of wall space without a post or window buck for support.
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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2012, 10:13:08 AM »
Do you have a floor plan or an example of what it will look like when you are done?

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Re: Yippee! One wall up!
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2012, 11:35:41 AM »
Do you have a floor plan or an example of what it will look like when you are done?


If you google 'straw bale house', you'll see all kinds. Mine is pretty simple- 2300sf open, 1 bed, 1 bath, and a huge screened porch. Antique gold color.  I'm doing the Italian villa look, not the usual southwest adobe style.  :-)
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« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2012, 01:33:14 PM »

If you google 'straw bale house', you'll see all kinds. Mine is pretty simple- 2300sf open, 1 bed, 1 bath, and a huge screened porch. Antique gold color.  I'm doing the Italian villa look, not the usual southwest adobe style.  :-)

Sounds beautiful.

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« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2012, 01:34:09 PM »
That's pretty large for only having one bedroom.  Do you not like guests? :-)
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« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2012, 03:03:39 PM »
That's pretty large for only having one bedroom.  Do you not like guests? :-)

About a third of that is the porch. My dang kids keep moving back home...and bringing more with 'em!
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« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2012, 03:15:34 PM »
Never heard of this kind of house at all but it's totally fascinating.
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« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2012, 03:25:18 PM »
Never heard of this kind of house at all but it's totally fascinating.
I heard they're only about $20-30,000 to build.  It's a bargain.
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