If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

It is almost inevitable that once bales show up on site, it will start raining. I have yet to build a house when there has not been some rain in the process. It does not seem to matter what season it is or what the forecast says!


As an example, I started building a load bearing structure the other day and the weather outlook was okay. As soon as I brought my bales out of dry storage to the site, the forecast changed and it has been raining almost nonstop since. For that reason, always be sure to have lots of tarps on hand when building load bearing so you can cover the bales and be sure to have the roof dried in before you start baling a post and beam structure. The extra cost and effort of having tarps on hand is WELL worth it!

Popularity: 7%

Like this? Click here to buy me a Wolaver's Organic Oat Meal Stout!

About the Author

Andrew Morison is a licensed contractor specializing in straw bale and green construction. He has shown thousands of people how to build their own straw bale projects through his comprehensive series of instructional straw bale, concrete foundation, and plastering DVDs. You can check these out at http://www.LearnStrawBale.com.

Get Updates of New Articles and Posts

To be notified of new entriesblog entries and articles and to get our "7 Essential Steps to Straw Bale Success e-course" absolutely free, enter your email address below then check your inbox to confirm. More Info>>