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Straw Bale Resources 2000: Key Articles & Older Material
Straw sheds. Univ. of Minnesota, Extension Bulletin 227, St. Paul, MN. Doolittle, B. 1973. A round house of straw bales. Mother Earth News 19:52-57. Doughty, T. (editor). 1990. Bales ... . A Straw Bales/Mortar House Demonstration Project. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Housing Technology Incentives Program. Ottawa, Ontario 42 p. Gergen, B. 1987. Low-cost calving shed made from straw bales. ...
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straw-bale building
It is a building technique that uses straw bales (or even hay bales ... very easily. what are the benefits? environmental benefits straw bales don’t need to be fired like bricks, ... boxes’ with straw bales what can I do? If you intend to live in your straw-bale building, ...
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Design of Straw Bale Buildings Introduction
There are many right ways to build with straw bales -- and many wrong ways. Many bale building techniques, first rediscovered almost entirely from a ... to lay down a rational foundation on which to develop the architecture of straw bales. Context The re-emergence of straw bale construction over the past fifteen years has occurred within a ...
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Cleveland GBC >> Workshop Series >> Straw-bale Construction
Workshop Series >> Straw-bale Construction Natural Building/Strawbale Construction Workshop Each year beginning in 2001, the Cleveland Green Building Coalition has hosted a workshop about natural building techniques using straw bales. ... for plaster to be applied. The bales are in the frame and are ready for spraying and cob. Putting bales into the frame. Making straw clay. Mixing plaster. Four feet ...
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Cleveland GBC >> Workshop Series >> Straw-bale Construction
Straw-bale Construction Natural Building/Strawbale Construction Workshop Each year beginning in 2001, the Cleveland Green Building Coalition has hosted a workshop about natural building techniques using straw bales ... straw clay mixture. Mark checking the lath work. Brendan and Brandon stuffing the south wall with light straw clay. Russ stuffing more straw clay. Ann spraying clay slip on the bales ...
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Home Construction - Straw Bale Construction
In the structural system, the bales themselves are stacked directly together - much ... . In both cases, straw bales are stacked on a foundation to prevent damage from the seepage of water. They are usually held together with rebar pins that skewer the bales. After wiring and ...
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The Straw House Blog: November 2002 Archives
Mostly we worked inside stuffing holes with straw and stitching the inside mesh to the outside mesh. The rain broke briefly after lunch and we grabbed a bunch of bales ... and behind the bales. The mesh is stitched to the bales and helps hold the stucco onto the bales. Rene ... plywood under the trusses around the outside edge. The straw bales sit on the curb, and they rest against the ...
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The Straw House Blog: August 2002 Archives
Bales By Glen Hunter on August 19, 2002 10:17 PM | Permalink We've got the straw. 600 bales to be precise. We bought it from a farmer in Millbrook and hired a local fellow with a float to help us transport the straw ... walls go up. Hopefully we're taking delivery of our straw bales next weekend. Congatulations to Simon Boone, our renewable energy contractor, ...
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straw bale building workshop
Straw-bale Building Workshop Building a Sustainable Home with Straw-bales Straw-bale construction has been hailed as one of the most environmentally responsible ... straw-bales, saving substantially on heating and cooling costs. Keeping the summer heat out will be particularly relevant in the coming decades as the Greenhouse Effect takes hold. The materials to build straw ...
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straw-bale / rammed earth bbq
The building won't be free - there will be materials (timber, straw-bales, roofing materials etc.) that you will ... a wall or something else you need. The construction method is slower than straw-bale though, so it can't be a large building - unless we start ...
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