Comments on: How Straw Bale Building Will Go Mainstream http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gerard Vaughan http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-61117 Gerard Vaughan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:46:32 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3989#comment-61117 Yes, it's allways good to make your house "re-cyclable", I guess ? But as I said just above, Straw and mud mixed and dried into blocks has worked for centuries, so what's all the excitment about making a building out of paperless fags held together with plastic ? Who wpuld want to insure it ? Not me, that's for sure ! Yes, it’s allways good to make your house “re-cyclable”, I guess ? But as I said just above, Straw and mud mixed and dried into blocks has worked for centuries, so what’s all the excitment about making a building out of paperless fags held together with plastic ? Who wpuld want to insure it ? Not me, that’s for sure !

]]> By: MD http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-61112 MD Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:31:01 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3989#comment-61112 Steel framing is actually very smart in the USA... If you built a modified Larsen truss house here in the US with steel framing on an ICF foundation, you could put the straw into both the inner and outer wall and a layer of straw between the two walls. Steel is one of the most recycled building materials, and I'd rather have US steel stay here in the US instead of being sent to China, the Chinese do intend on becoming the next super power and it takes a lot of steel to produce a navy fit for a super power... Steel framing is actually very smart in the USA…

If you built a modified Larsen truss house here in the US with steel framing on an ICF foundation, you could put the straw into both the inner and outer wall and a layer of straw between the two walls.

Steel is one of the most recycled building materials, and I’d rather have US steel stay here in the US instead of being sent to China, the Chinese do intend on becoming the next super power and it takes a lot of steel to produce a navy fit for a super power…

]]> By: Gerard Vaughan http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-61116 Gerard Vaughan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:41:10 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3989#comment-61116 So these straw bales are more like gigantic cigars really. 2" diameter ? Are you joking ? How long are they, and how much do they weigh and how much does one cost to buy ? Here in Bulgaria "Kirpitch" - clay and straw - I find to be a very good material, and strong garden walls are about a 30cm thick. Circular section isn't at all stable - whichever way you stack it. Nope, I don't get it, which is a pity because straw and mud - as I say - CAN work very well. Any ideas ? So these straw bales are more like gigantic cigars really. 2″ diameter ? Are you joking ? How long are they, and how much do they weigh and how much does one cost to buy ? Here in Bulgaria “Kirpitch” – clay and straw – I find to be a very good material, and strong garden walls are about a 30cm thick.
Circular section isn’t at all stable – whichever way you stack it. Nope, I don’t get it, which is a pity because straw and mud – as I say – CAN work very well. Any ideas ?

]]> By: Paul Rathbone http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-61113 Paul Rathbone Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:19:08 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3989#comment-61113 Is the metal necessary ? Straw has been used in bales [like sqaure blocks] which can be cut to any shape for windows and doors - the bales are held in place with stick and twine and then covered with lime plaster - makes amzingly beautiful houses... Is the metal necessary ? Straw has been used in bales [like sqaure blocks] which can be cut to any shape for windows and doors – the bales are held in place with stick and twine and then covered with lime plaster – makes amzingly beautiful houses…

]]> By: Laura Draper http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-61115 Laura Draper Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:20:12 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3989#comment-61115 This is ridiculous. I certainly wouldn't want to live in one. How would a fire for it be? This is ridiculous. I certainly wouldn’t want to live in one. How would a fire for it be?

]]> By: Katherine http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/17/how-straw-bale-building-will-go-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-61114 Katherine Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:49:06 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3989#comment-61114 Rawsome News! My 13 yr young homelearner and I have already creatively visualized our dream home: straw bale supreme! Now to have the perfect plot of land, the finances, and the know how ... Thanks for inspiring us! K P.S. I plan on co-creating a raw healing retreat + . Any ideas and supporters .... Please contact me. www.YouTube.com/rawsomechef Rawsome News!

My 13 yr young homelearner and I have already creatively visualized our dream home: straw bale supreme!

Now to have the perfect plot of land, the finances, and the know how …

Thanks for inspiring us!

K

P.S.

I plan on co-creating a raw healing retreat + . Any ideas and supporters …. Please contact me.

http://www.YouTube.com/rawsomechef

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