Comments on: Building A House With Straw Bales http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/ The Documented Experiments of an Alberta Gardener Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lorie Saito http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-409 Lorie Saito Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:02:13 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/commentary/14/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-409 This is the best way to build. WE offer seminars, workshops, blueprints, engineering and best of all, we'll help you get it built. With over 15 years of straw bale experience, we've cut through most of the red tape. WE also offer an integrated design service that considers the building as a whole system and uses renewable technology to create a whole system for our building. We can help. It's a great way to get involved in your home... Lorie This is the best way to build. WE offer seminars, workshops, blueprints, engineering and best of all, we’ll help you get it built.
With over 15 years of straw bale experience, we’ve cut through most of the red tape.
WE also offer an integrated design service that considers the building as a whole system and uses renewable technology to create a whole system for our building.

We can help. It’s a great way to get involved in your home…

Lorie

]]> By: Dave http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-39 Dave Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:04:46 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/commentary/14/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-39 Thanks for reading, Kate. I wonder if the three little pigs haven't cast a bad light on houses made of straw! "Sure, it's just a fairy tale, but..." Thanks for reading, Kate. I wonder if the three little pigs haven’t cast a bad light on houses made of straw! “Sure, it’s just a fairy tale, but…”

]]> By: kate http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-37 kate Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:01:48 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/commentary/14/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-37 I haven't heard of straw bale house construction before - it certainly has merit especially considering the incredibly cold temperatures we've just experienced. I like the look of the room with the deep-set windows. Now I'm wondering why this idea hasn't become more popular and widespread. Welcome to Blotanical.com - it's a great way to get to know what's happening in the garden blogging community! I haven’t heard of straw bale house construction before - it certainly has merit especially considering the incredibly cold temperatures we’ve just experienced.

I like the look of the room with the deep-set windows.

Now I’m wondering why this idea hasn’t become more popular and widespread.

Welcome to Blotanical.com - it’s a great way to get to know what’s happening in the garden blogging community!

]]> By: Dave http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-28 Dave Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:14:11 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/commentary/14/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-28 Thanks for the comments, guys! If you do build something, Brian, be sure to send me some pictures and tell me about your experience. And yeah, we're pretty termite free... Most people's concern with straw bale building is mice as far as critters go. A straw bale wall would make a cozy winter bed for a mouse - but from what I've heard, mice are no more a problem in a straw house than a stick frame house. The thick plaster keeps the straw sealed up so the mice can't get in. Plus, the straw is packed so tightly, it would be pretty hard to burrow through. Thanks for the comments, guys! If you do build something, Brian, be sure to send me some pictures and tell me about your experience.

And yeah, we’re pretty termite free… Most people’s concern with straw bale building is mice as far as critters go. A straw bale wall would make a cozy winter bed for a mouse - but from what I’ve heard, mice are no more a problem in a straw house than a stick frame house. The thick plaster keeps the straw sealed up so the mice can’t get in. Plus, the straw is packed so tightly, it would be pretty hard to burrow through.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-27 Stuart Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:03:09 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/commentary/14/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-27 Obviously you guys don't struggle with termites! I would love to build one of these homes. Everything you've stated goes in its favour. Great post. Obviously you guys don’t struggle with termites! I would love to build one of these homes. Everything you’ve stated goes in its favour. Great post.

]]> By: Brian http://www.albertahomegardening.com/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-26 Brian Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:24:06 +0000 http://www.albertahomegardening.com/commentary/14/building-a-house-with-straw-bales/#comment-26 Love it! I just returned to Alberta after living on Montreal Island, working at an organic farm for a year. My girlfriend is going to a farm in Ontario that is focusing on contructing homes with compressed earthblocks and strabale insulation. I'm familiar with strawbale and have been fantasizing about putting something up on my father's land west of edmonton. There's some interesting sounding stuff going on here, though no where in the realm of what's happening in Ontario. Still good though. Check out: http://www.auraborealis.com/greenfoundation/home.html and: http://www.sunandstraw.com/ And I met some old ladies today coming off the plane from montreal who were talking about a daughter that's building a strawbale home near edmonton. YAY! Love it! I just returned to Alberta after living on Montreal Island, working at an organic farm for a year. My girlfriend is going to a farm in Ontario that is focusing on contructing homes with compressed earthblocks and strabale insulation. I’m familiar with strawbale and have been fantasizing about putting something up on my father’s land west of edmonton. There’s some interesting sounding stuff going on here, though no where in the realm of what’s happening in Ontario. Still good though. Check out:
http://www.auraborealis.com/greenfoundation/home.html
and:
http://www.sunandstraw.com/

And I met some old ladies today coming off the plane from montreal who were talking about a daughter that’s building a strawbale home near edmonton. YAY!

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