Interesting Reading...

http://www.balewatch.com/technique.html

I'm still reading it , so I figure you might like to read it too :D


Also - for the question askers out there... you know who you are!

http://www.strawbale.com/strawbale-faqs

Our Floor Plan

I think we've settled on a floor plan for our cabin!

We'll have to make some modifications, but it's exactly what we were looking for - has room for all of the key appliances and just lacks the loft area we're going to include as a 3rd bedroom.

What do you think?!

I'm dreaming of a nice front porch/deck/ earth patio type thing to expand the living space into the outdoors. I have been looking at plans for an outdoor (bread) oven made from adobe or something... can't remember where I put the link, but I'll find it and post it here as soon as I find it.

Watching other people buid strawbale houses!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33504169@N08/3193720073/in/set-72157612275855261/

http://www.people4earth.net/video/videoDetail/videoId/68.html


House of Straw.com

So looking forward to being in our own little house :D

Catching up

So we've been back to the normal grind for a little bit now. Found some fun stuff last night - considering attending this workshop - The Complete Straw Bale Workshop in Ohio and reading and digesting information from Building Green TV, wish that was a station we actually got - I'd watch it 24/7.

Reconsidering our foundation materials - would earth rammed tires work in a northern NH climate?

Encouraging Find!

While looking around at constructions methods - since determining that a straight cob house wouldn't be good for the winters up here (R rating way too low) - we found the following site http://www.solarhaven.org/StarterStrawBale.htm

All very good news about the pricing of our forth coming adventure. We need to find out more about the building codes and permits for our town!