Unleashing the Potential of Hay Bale Homes A Blueprint for Sustainability

Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (usually wheat straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. In Moab, Utah, Community Rebuilds literally takes dirt-cheap sustainable, highly energy-efficient materials to build affordable homes. A straw bale home is a structure built using bales of straw either to create walls or as straw bale insulation for existing walls. A straw-bale house in California. ... Less than a mile from Napa's 2017 fire ravages, designer-builder John Swearingen of Skillful Means is ... A custom strawbale home can cost the same to build as a conventional custom home if it is well designed and the builders have a good understanding of strawbale ... In today's video, we visit Michael Judd's beautiful roundwood timber-framed straw bale home in Frederick, Maryland. This natural building's ... This Wyoming home 'is a living house' with walls made of straw bales ... Doug Rellstab, Lindsey Love and Mary Wolfe stand in front of Rellstab's ... straw bale. Strawbale - The Basics. At the turn of the century, the Nebraska sand hill pioneers developed straw bale construction primarily out of necessity ... It's by far the most labor intensive building method I've ever used I can only imagine cob being worse. Resale - All my kids will be out of the ... Straw bale walls are at least eighteen inches thick. This adds aesthetic value to the home as thick wall are expensive to achieve with conventional ...