How To Build Your Own Straw Bale Home
Greenspree our intrepid Canadian has been busy building his own super awesome straw bale home. He has the framing done, the stucco, the bales, and now pictures!
For more wonderful pictures, check out Greenspree’s MySietch page, or his other home Greenspree.ca
The most amazing thing about this whole project is the fact that Greenspree is doing it with the help of his friends and family, and using local and sustainable materials. I wish him the best of luck, the Canadian winter is coming fast so he had better hurry! Have any of you built your own green home? If so please leave a comment or contact us, we would love to highlight your green home on The Sietch. If you are jealous of Greenspree’s MySietch page, don’t be. You can get your own free blog here.
- Posted in : Domestic, Environment, Pictures, Positive Change, mysietch
- Author :The Naib
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This must be the dumbest thing I have seen in a while. Good luck putting out the fire in that thing.
Ned: I got a couple of things for you. One, most homes are made of wood, try putting a fire out in one of them, and two fires need air to burn, hale bales are packed tightly together (not much air) and often covered with stucco (which doesn’t burn) straw bale homes are actually more fire resistant than normal ones.
thanks for the thoughtful comment.
I’m dreaming of straw bale, and love the design of yours. There’s going to be lots of light inside and look forward to seeing pictures of the finished house next year. Best wishes with it.
How would a straw bale house in a humid environment such as Ireland, also are there any problems with pests, rodents, insects etc….
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i recently have been planning to either buy up an old fixer-uper or to build my own house. a straw bale house would be exactly the kind of house i would want to build too, but unfortunately i know next to nothing about it. i hear that stucco and plaster will crack if you dont keep the temperature regulated, so would you still need to put heating in the house? another idea along these lines is to use old tires filled with either dirt or cement for the walls, which would be very sturdy and a very good sound barrier. i had the idea to use tires as the foundation and then bales for the walls, but i dont know it that would work or not. if anyone has the time and knowledge to answer these questions, i would appreciate it greatly. thanks!
Another question I had was how you get the roof on. I don’t really understand how it would be stable unless there were wooden beams through the straw bales or someting along those lines.