Comments on: How to Build a Straw Bale House https://modernfarmer.com/2013/04/how-to-build-a-straw-bale-house-2/ Farm. Food. Life. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Paul McGaffey https://modernfarmer.com/2013/04/how-to-build-a-straw-bale-house-2/#comment-42712 Sat, 23 Jul 2022 19:50:52 +0000 http://modfarmer.wpengine.com/?p=739#comment-42712 In reply to Gowri.

Gowri – load bearing straw bale homes, barns, churches, have survived usefully in N America for 150 years. The larger dimensioned bales(eg, 3-string or 4-string) bear more weight and can support the heaviest cottage-roof-type structures, compressing bit (surprisingly little) in the first year.Gravity is the straw bale’s friend as long as walls are plumb&level. Looking forward, Paul

]]> By: Gowri https://modernfarmer.com/2013/04/how-to-build-a-straw-bale-house-2/#comment-27499 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:44:36 +0000 http://modfarmer.wpengine.com/?p=739#comment-27499 Your house is now 7 years old. How is it holding up to the extreme weather conditions? I was under the impression, strawbale walls are not loadbearing, need to have additional support system to hold the weight of the roof. Is it because your roof is light weight that you didn’t use timber or other support for the roof.

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]]> By: Jessica Bodle https://modernfarmer.com/2013/04/how-to-build-a-straw-bale-house-2/#comment-8177 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:04:12 +0000 http://modfarmer.wpengine.com/?p=739#comment-8177 Please send me a email

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