[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[Ditter]

This sounds like a terrible idea.

[Secret Agent Man]

how do they run wiring? You’d plaster the inside so is all the wiring run in surface attached conduit?

[mrsmith]

Our ancestors did this but quickly moved to the vastly superior idea of mixing the straw and clay together.
Our ability today to compress straw easily should be put towards producing blocks (bricks) with more straw content for insulation.

[skinkinthegrass]

*grinning*and it's great for "rolling around in", too.
*nudge/wink*
*nudge/wink*

[E. Pluribus Unum]

UN Agenda 21 and the labor unions will never allow it.

[BuffaloJack]

My brother in Southern Ohio lives in a house that was built in the early 1800s. It’s stone on the outside and a stone on the inside with about 3 feet of ancient straw in between.

[familyop]

It’s a great idea except for the costs of having plans engineered and stamped by an engineering firm in your state—that and the costs of getting enough straw bales into some states (e.g., CO). If you’re building a whole house for yourself with limited savings, a totally conventional design is worth looking into for the purpose of avoiding the gangster/racket costs.

[Cvengr]

To meet IBC or NDS by AF&PA, you still need steel reinforcement for wind and seismic lateral resistance and uplift.

Twigs, branches, or rocks? (Straw, lumber, or concrete)

[dalereed]

3rd world crap!

[cunning_fish]

What about worms and bugs? SIP is the best technology to build efficient home to date if you ask me.

[logi_cal869]

Reason # 3 Fire resistance. Straw bale homes have roughly three times the fire resistance of conventional homes. Dense bales mean limited oxygen which in turn means no flames.

Anyone else ever seen what happens to a hay truck hauling bales when the brakes overheat????

[metalurgist]

Comments?

Can you say insect infestation?

Wood is a renewable resource. Sturdier, longer lasting. Use it.