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I'm so excited to finally be at the bale stage.
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.
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.
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?
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.
That's pretty large for only having one bedroom. Do you not like guests?
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats
Never heard of this kind of house at all but it's totally fascinating.