Building Permits for Straw Bale Houses
Keep these simple bullet points in mind when looking for building permit approvals for your straw bale house.
Keep these simple bullet points in mind when looking for building permit approvals for your straw bale house.
Wondering if your construction plans are adequate to build from? Want to save thousands of dollars on your home construction? I can help you with consulting services for straw bale
Celebrating new chapters, community, and, of course, straw bale building! Meet the caretakers of the strawbale.com community.
Enjoying your straw bale build is something that many people simply assume will happen. They believe that since they’re really excited about the idea of building their straw bale home that their
Hiring the right contractor for your straw bale construction project could be the most important decision you make along the path to creating your new home. This decision is more
Learn the key points and methods for positive communication with your neighbors before and during construction to minimize complaints, time delays, and other issues.
Let’s look at some simple tricks of the trade for dealing with banks or mortgage firms when financing a straw bale house.
Learn the ins and outs of creating a positive relationship when working with your local building department to make your build process smoother.
The primary place where both owner-builders and contractors fail when building a home is in the estimating of construction costs. Learn tips to help you avoid that pitfall.
As a owner-builder or contractor, you’ll need extensive knowledge of each site evaluation and what it means. There are some easy to forget details that might surprise you…
Mistakes are often made in contracting when reading plans. Make sure you know your plans properly and know how to read them to catch any potential mistakes.
It is important that you fully understand what will be expected of you as you embark on the contracting of your home. It is easy to say that you want
It may sound obvious, but learning how to build a house, of any kind but especially a straw bale house, is a good thing to do before you actually start
It’s obvious that they are differences between a straw bale house and conventional homes. What is not so apparent are the differences encountered during the construction process. For example, the
When people talk about the cost of straw bale construction, they often get things a bit muddled up. They either come in way too low or way too high. Let’s
Allow me to share with you what I’ve learned over my 20 years as a professional builder and land developer. All tweaks and adjustments aside, this will be a good
Whether you are an accomplished builder or just starting out, this book will help define the myriad of details that a quality builder, contractor, sub contractor, consultant or any other
I recently did an interview about straw bale construction for the Harry Helmet Blog. At first, I had no idea what the Harry Helmet Blog was, and then I learned
There is no question that the more elaborate your design, the more expensive it will be to build! BUT there are ways to find that balance to please both your
Most of us don’t have a commercial plaster spraying machine lying around, so we can’t just run out to the garage and flip it on. That said, if you have
These things are important to keeping your sanity while you build, but more than that, they are true in day to day life as well. Imagine if you lived your
A lot of people are excited about the idea of straw bale construction; however, they stumble a bit when it comes to estimating the cost of their potential home. So
There are a lot of benefits to being your own contractor. There are also some costs. Don’t be fooled by the books that tell you that you can save 50%
I recently worked with a woman who was acting as her own contractor on her project. The building she was working on was a small studio on her own land,
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