Topic 2 of 29: straw homes
Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (19:24) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Building a straw bale house (from Roger Karraker):
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Here are a few of the best Web sites. The first one links to dozens of
others. There are at least a few people posting to the list from the
Austin area. In fact, I think there was a recent strawbale conference there.
http://www.strawhomes.com/resources/internet.html
http://www.whidbey.com/lighthook/sb.htm
http://www.snowcrest.net/smb/
11 responses total.
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 1 of 11: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Feb 17, 1999 (11:54) * 29 lines
What's the difference between a straw bale house and a cob house?
Straw-bale is perfect for keeping uniform temperatures. Essentially it's
pretty simple a funciton of very thick walls (resistance to heat
transfer) and substantial internal thermal mass to store warmth or
"coolth". The thermal mass creates what's known as "the flywheel effect,"
i.e., slow changes in temperature.
Terry, I don't know specifics on cob walls, but I suppose they're made
from corncobs packed together in some form or other. Our place is made of
bales made from rice-straw. The bales are 4 feet by 2 feet, 15 inches
high. - Roger Karraker
No, cob is as Becky Bee author of The Cob Builders Handbook says, "a
house made out of mud...Cob is sand in effect 'mortared' toegther with clay and
strengthened with straw..." and you sculpt with it. She uses different
size pieces of loose straw. There are several articles in The New
Settler Interview on building with cob. - lmonte
There's a nice cob house in Occidental at the Occidental Arts and Ecology
Center. - Marge Wright
And finally, there's Laura De La Garza's cob house, and I've invited her
to comment.
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 2 of 11: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 1, 1999 (14:29) * 3 lines
There is a man who works here (where I work) who is in the finishing stages of building his straw house. He and his wife are going to retire there.
Amazing structure from pictures and stories... he has wanted to do this for over 15 years!
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 3 of 11: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Mar 1, 1999 (14:47) * 3 lines
It's a great idea. Do you know the difference between a cob house and a
straw house?
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 4 of 11: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 1, 1999 (14:51) * 1 lines
nothing more than I've read from inside this topic...
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 5 of 11: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Mar 2, 1999 (01:59) * 3 lines
I'm still trying to figure it out also, I'd like to visit Laura de La
Garza's place out on the Blanco River and check out a cob house first
hand. Maybe later in the season, when swimmin' season starts.
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 6 of 11: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Mar 2, 1999 (16:47) * 1 lines
Yeah, you definitely need another house to manage, Terry.
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 7 of 11: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Mar 2, 1999 (16:49) * 2 lines
cob houses are like adobe...
that was the extent of my knowledge gleened from talking with Bill (owner/builder of the straw bale home) today.
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 8 of 11: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Mar 2, 1999 (21:15) * 2 lines
I wonder if there are multistory straw houses?
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 9 of 11: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Mar 3, 1999 (11:08) * 2 lines
yikes...
dunno
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 10 of 11: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, May 31, 1999 (11:35) * 1 lines
how do they keep them (straw) from burning up? and can you keep varmin out?
Topic 2 of 29 [home]: straw homes
Response 11 of 11: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jun 2, 1999 (18:29) * 1 lines
it's all stuccoed
home conference 
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