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Thread: Strawbale house
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19th February 2006, 09:46 PM #1
Strawbale house
Anyone built a strawbale house - paticularly in Vic?
Rob
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19th February 2006, 10:33 PM #2
Originally Posted by robri
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Have seen something on tv recently -hot property , the story was about the owners of earth garden magazine building a new office from straw bale
http://www.earthgarden.com.au/strawbale/faq.html
Regards , Belaforge
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19th February 2006, 10:41 PM #3
"Hot property" featured one on tonights program, check out their web site they may have information on it.. it was built in victoria
I try and do new things twice.. the first time to see if I can do it.. the second time to see if I like it
Kev
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19th February 2006, 10:49 PM #4
Mate has one out at Kinglake, there's a builder up there that did it to get experience with it.
Do you want the contact?
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19th February 2006, 11:11 PM #5
Originally Posted by Clinton1
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19th February 2006, 11:49 PM #6
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google it in au. i researched it myself a while back and there's a stack of aussi info out there...
Hurry, slowly
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20th February 2006, 07:02 AM #7
Originally Posted by Clinton1
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20th February 2006, 10:40 AM #8
I am curious, what is the facination with strawbale houses. I know that they have phenomal insulation properties but after watching Hot Property they seem alot of work and they siad that the office they built cost $120k. Surely you can build something using traditional methods for cheaper than that?
Please note, I am not bagging strawbale buildings just can't understand why all the rave reviews.Have a nice day - Cheers
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20th February 2006, 12:13 PM #9
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Originally Posted by Wood Butcher
Apart from being cheaper, better insulated and soundproofed it can easily be built by an owner builder. Also it is much easier than building with mudbricks.
Peter.
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20th February 2006, 06:32 PM #10
What Sturdee said, plus good fireproofing due to the lack of air in the walls. Easy to build, and cheap.
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20th February 2006, 09:13 PM #11
Old mate just up the road is trying to build one. Meeses is causing real havoc
I kid you not.Boring signature time again!
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20th February 2006, 09:25 PM #12
I'm inclined to think that in a fire situation the cement render over the bales would fall away due to the heat thus exposing the straw and then you'd lose everything.
I have some photos from ash wednesday showing buildings with solid concrete block walls that just disinegrated from the radiant heat.
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20th February 2006, 09:43 PM #13
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Originally Posted by Wood Butcher
Or render them at least.
Al :confused:
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20th February 2006, 09:45 PM #14
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Originally Posted by echnidna
Al
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20th February 2006, 10:21 PM #15
We have been studing these for about 4 years. The big holdup is capital is now involved in new business not new house
Cement render will crack under extreme heat but using a mud/earth/clay render and the first coat really rubbed into the bales allowed try dry properly then 2 & 3 coat you WILL have a excellent rendered wall.
The savings can be made in doing a lot of it yourself ... would suggest visiting open days advertised in Owner Builder mag. Victoria is the most prolofic (?)nazis:eek: area for strawbale houses
The big fasination is the LOOOONNNG term heating & cooling savings I know one in Adelaide hill temp varies between 15-26 all year and this has computer readouts from several parts of the house
and its the FEEL of the place.
Wood Butcher its just that the feeling
I could go on do google searches on strawbales....& strawbale houses and anything else around that area there is piles of it a lot from unintelligent fartarses but a lot of very good stuff VISIT A STRAW BALE HOUSE.
I could go on and on etc etc TonyI would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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