Straw bale houses. Ever built one? I need to know everything there is to know.

Thx

-- jane a doe (janeadoe@curious.com), February 19, 2000

Answers

Books on subject available at Realgoods.com. Also, suggest you post your question at preps forum.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), February 19, 2000.

Go here: there's general info and a link to dozens of other sites

http://seattle.unl.edu/doc2/students/husker/matt/straw.htm

kb8um8@yahoo.com), February 19, 2000.

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-- Vlad (Strelok60@yahoo.com), February 19, 2000.

jane a doe: You might want to visit this site just to compare a straw house to a sand bag house. Real interesting site and just how easy it is to build, try http://www.calearth.org/index.htm visit the gallery to see the units they have built.

-- Furie (furieart@webworkz.com), February 19, 2000.

But don't forget the three little pigs... Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), February 19, 2000.

Just found this recently -- sometimes it's more efficient than Google.

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-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), February 19, 2000.

Good evening.

If you are considering an alternative type of construction, you might look into an earthshelter. The partially underground structure has mean temperature of about 61 degrees and is more or less safe from most aboveground threats to buildings. Cost is somewhere around $23/square foot for the basic structure.

Michael

-- michael frazier (mfrazier@pacific.net), February 19, 2000.

Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down. do you know how to surf?

-- big bad wolf (bigbad@wolf.com), February 20, 2000.

Hi. In your quest for alternate building styles, please consider cob. No, it's not corn-cobs. Good luck.

http://www.inti-solutions.com/cob/ http://www.cpros.com/~sequoia/

-- preparing (tobuild@this.summer), February 20, 2000.