Sierra Vista, Arizona is a beautiful location and host to the first straw bale workshop of the 2017 season. Come join us for an unforgettable experience.

Sierra Vista, Arizona is a beautiful location and host to the first straw bale workshop of the 2017 season. Come join us for an unforgettable experience.
Learn the key points for positive communication with your neighbors before and during construction to minimize complaints, time delays, and other issues.
Learn the ins and outs of creating a positive relationship when working with your local building department, right off the bat.
The primary place where both owner-builders and contractors fail when building a home is in the estimating of construction costs. Learn some tips to help you avoid that pitfall.
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 to contract the construction, but there is a lot to the process and perhaps the biggest pitfall is not knowing what will be asked of […]
The inclusion of straw bale construction in the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) has made it easier to get insurance and lending for straw bale homes. It may not be as easy as getting insurance and lending on conventional homes yet, but we are making major headway.
If you are interested in straw bale construction and live near Gravette, Arkansas, then you will want to join us for a FREE three-day crew training on May 24-26, 2016.
Here’s a simple call to action. Please add your straw bale house to the International Straw Bale Registry!
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 building. Ask yourself the following 15 questions and if you cannot answer them with a high level of confidence, you would be best served to gain some more experience before you start building.
The California Straw Building Association (CASBA) has done amazing work in the field of straw bale construction for the last twenty years. This year’s annual meeting will celebrate those achievements and look to the future to see how CASBA can continue to build positive relationships in the field.
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