Meet The Hosts – Missoula MT 2024
Meet the 2024 Missoula, Montana Workshop Hosts – Timber framing with Strawbale Wrap Wall System
Meet the 2024 Missoula, Montana Workshop Hosts – Timber framing with Strawbale Wrap Wall System
Learn 3 key takeaways to support your ventures into natural plastering and straw bale home construction straight from the experts.
Straw bale construction continues to grow in popularity with ever increasing opportunities to visit a bale build for yourself. Find out how…
Celebrating community connections and bale building over the last 12 months and sneak peeks for the magic of the 2024 workshop season coming your way soon!
There are a LOT of options to choose from in selecting the plaster to use for your straw bale building. Learn more about lime plaster options here.
You’re on the verge of building your dream home with straw bale construction. You’re excited, but questions loom: Will it pass inspection? Does the design meet local codes? What’s the
Forty-seven. Many owner-builders arrive at their strawbale home build with skills gained over years of working with their hands, while some have never even used a hammer. In the case
SELLER IS MOTIVATED! BRING AN OFFER! FOR MLS LISTING CLICK HERE Building a straw bale house isn’t just about the physical structure but also the emotional connections and memories created
Sitting on our porch just yesterday enjoying an epic Colorado sunset, a friend piped up with, ‘It’s the skies here. They’re huge. I love them.” We couldn’t agree more, and
Keep these simple bullet points in mind when looking for building permit approvals for your straw bale house.
We have recently added a bunch of construction drawings of straw bale houses (full sets of plans) to our website bringing the total to thirty sets. We have several different
Bale type, which size is best, how to handle moisture content, and what are the ideal straw bales for home construction; are all common questions we hear at every workshop.
I met Paul and Sara in 2015, long before they moved into their very own Applegate Cottage, at my seven-day, hands-on workshop in La Grande, Oregon and was immediately struck
“…My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow’s
If you’re looking for an engineer in New York State to help with your straw bale build, please read on. Touson Saryon, the architect of the most popular home designs
A reader wrote in some time ago about a hole saw he created to drill through an existing straw bale wall for a vent pipe for a new hot water
It seems clear that the frequency and size of wildland fires is growing across the US and abroad. One thing that we know for sure is that they are devastating
It’s not every day that I suggest that tens of thousands of people tell me what to do. After all, I try hard to stay ahead of the game and
Having built hundreds of straw bale houses over the years, I’ve learned that bale stops do an incredible job of both strengthening and simplifying a build. I use them in
When most people think about building a straw bale house, they might not think about changing the world. That’s exactly what’s possible though, and on more levels than you may
The fire resistance of straw bale walls is superior to that of conventional construction. Learn why that matters and how it’s possible.
Avoiding plaster burn marks when building a straw bale house is important and its easy to accomplish if you know what causes them and what to do about them.
It’s the last call for 2019 straw bale workshop host applications. If you want to host in 2019, now is the time to get your application in. Read on to
Adding utility lines to your wall after plaster has been applied to your straw bale house is not as hard as you might think. The sooner you realize your mistake
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