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.
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
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
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.
If you’re like most people interested in straw bale construction, you’ve likely wondered about hanging pictures on a plaster wall. How do I do it? Won’t the plaster crack? Will
Adding shingles to gable walls may not seem like a straw bale specific topic at first glance. That doesn’t mean it’s not an important skill for you to learn for
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
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.
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
In this article we review using American Clay plaster over a Natural Hydraulic Lime plaster, making sure that cure times are accounted for.
Plastering has a lot of challenges to it from mixing recipes to application techniques. Some challenges may not be obvious from the start, so be sure to spend some time
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
When acid staining concrete floors, it is important to properly mask off walls and doors so that none of the stain gets onto places where you don’t want it. One
There are many of finish plaster texture options available for your straw bale home and knowing which one is best for you can be difficult. The best decisions are based
The importance of tool organization on a job site can be overstated. This is true for owner builders and professionals alike.
I wanted to share a few great tips to simplify the installation of the roofing felt needed on wood that lies behind your plaster. As you know (or may be
Hardwood floors in a straw bale house may not be the most common, but they sure are beautiful. The reason they are not the most common is that most people
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
It was immediately obvious while working on the exposed timber frame in Arlington, Vermont that the natural cut timbers would not line up perfectly with the plane of the bale
For years you have heard me say that there is no “perfect bale,” rather only bales that meet the criteria for construction: tight, uniform in shape, dry, good color, long
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
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