Thread: Strawbale house

Originally Posted by Grunt

I'm going to build a strawbale later this year.

And when you have made a few of them, you can build a house out of them.

(to the humour nazis, how was that? OK I hope)

Al

Originally Posted by Grunt

A strawbale house isn't any cheaper unless you do the work youself. The walls of a house make up about 10 - 15% of the total cost of a house. If you have granite bench tops and gaggenau cooktops you'll still spend a fortune.

I'm going to build a strawbale later this year.

R' u gona do working bees?Two of my sons are interested in strawbale building.
Romsey is real close to us .We would love to come and see.
Regards ,Bela

I have some photos from ash wednesday showing buildings with solid concrete block walls that just disinegrated from the radiant heat

I'd have thought that just about every building type would have suffered, except underground and those fires. Not arguing with you mate, just don't see that too many building types would have survived. (except where owners took the smart route and did a bit a pre-fire season prep)

The strawbale is compressed and then rendered, so there is minimal air within the walls (i.e. between the render). Thats the reason they have a good fire rating.

That bloke I know - his hobby is maintaining an 18 - 20 degree internal temperature without heating or cooling.
Con - thick walls = reduced useable floor area as a ratio to roof coverage.
Not a prob if you have a large block.

But wottabaout the big bad wooleff, he'll huff and he'll..............................................



Ok, that was lame, but I'm tired.

Originally Posted by outback

But wottabaout the big bad wooleff, he'll huff and he'll..............................................



Ok, that was lame, but I'm tired.

Ah, hahh.
See! one stupid joke, thats all it takes, next thing you know there will be a sense of humour buy back scheme.

Youll never take me alive copper.................

Al

R' u gona do working bees?Two of my sons are interested in strawbale building.
Romsey is real close to us .We would love to come and see.
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Yeah, when I get to the mud slinging days, I'd like to get as many people together as I can.

Probably, get people to work like dogs for the day and then put on a BBQ and beer in the evening. I've got 30 acres and a river, so anyone who wants to camp is welcome.

I'll send out an SOS when I know when it's happening.

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you know there has been a huge leap forward in modern australian architecture, and the simple forms that are coming about allow a home to be built without disturbing the land it sits on (no excavation costs), and forget those expensive granite kitchens, kitchens now are designed to be mobile or part of the house , not added to it as extra cost...and best of all you can have lots and lots of nice timber...


la H

what abouut those houses in the greek islands, you know the white ones!, there built from the land, no bunnings stores on santorini, and there design is fantastic, and maintains an almost constant temp.

one could even use the straw bale in that style of architecture...

Originally Posted by la Huerta

what abouut those houses in the greek islands, you know the white ones!, there built from the land, no bunnings stores on santorini, and there design is fantastic, and maintains an almost constant temp.

one could even use the straw bale in that style of architecture...

Not to hijack a thread ,but one of my favorite hobyhorses is trying to make our muddy energy efficient ,try to conserve &recycle water .There must be others with this idea on this list .Please send me your favourite links.Or share info on how you done it .Are there any discussion groups that deal with this subject?
Regards ,Bela

Where to start?

http://www.greenandgoldenergy.com.au/

http://www.carbonneutral.com.au/default.aspx

http://www.biolytix.com/ourProducts/...er-recycle.htm

http://www.byohouse.com.au/forum1/index.php

That will do for starters.

Al

And then there is this.
http://www.au.store.yahoo.com/solaro...winhybsys.html

All in my to do tray.
I have a few projects to finish and then I will be building a house somewhere, incorperating all this technology.

Save the planet dude, except anchovies, I hate anchovies, phtooie

Al

Originally Posted by Grunt

Yeah, when I get to the mud slinging days, I'd like to get as many people together as I can.

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Dude!
Youll need the services of a bricklayer long before that, a suave good looking, mean lean work hardened brickie.:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Im buggered if I know where youll find one.

Al

I got a mate who's a fricken ugly one. He also deals in crap.

i'v been dreaming of building a mexican adobe style house ever since burkes backyard went to mexico 10yrs ago...2ft thick walls create the thermal mass needed for energy efficiency..