I’ll huff and I puff until I BLOOOOW your house in!
Little pig! Little pig!
A thatched hut seems appropriate for Obama’s USA.
Drawbacks, it only lasts a few years.
Sounds good, but I hear thsat it fares poorly against big bad wolves.
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I’d rather build my house out of brick.
Several people in this area built straw bale houses and all were happy with them. One drawback unless it has changed is when you decide to sell most if not all banks will not finance them because they don’t understand or trust the process. I would only recommend for an outbuilding or if you are sure you will never want to sell.
My horses think that this is a GREAT idea!
#1 reason NOT to build with straw ... mold
Consider compressed earth blocks instead.
Extremely Flammible... if it gets wet it can rot to the point of combustion,,,
compress the straw bale to 1-2” inch sheets or blocks, and maybe I’d consider it for low income housing. I’d still use sheet rock for walling and some form of water resistant exterior. maybe spray outer blocks with a coating to help resist water and improve insulation (like stucco on cement blocks). but no matter what, bugs would be all through it
A foolish idea in my opinion. I remember in the early 80’s they were trying to push wooden basement walls! Guessing those didn’t turn out well.
***Reason # 3 Fire resistance.
Straw bale homes have roughly three times the fire resistance of conventional homes.****
Bunkum. Ever seen a bar full of hay bales catch on fire. You can’t put it out and have to let it burn, which often takes days.
Same for hay stacked out side, both square and round bales.
Now hay coated with plaster, mud, or concrete is another thing.
These are very popular in New Mexico, and known as land ships. The straw bales set with rebar, then encased either in concrete or adobe. They have been around a long time and people that have them seem to like them.
I don’t know how they would fair in damp climates, or those with strong winds.
“The harvesting of forests is a global concern and any reduction in the use of wood material is a good thing for the long term health of the planet.”
Yeah, don’t harvest stuff.
Reason #8 Hay bales absorb bullets.
You like living with mold, rodents and insects.
And put it in the middle of a corn maze to deter visits from the in-laws.