SEE HOW A HOUSE IS REALLY BUILT OUT OF STRAW THESE DAYS! DESIGNED FOR COMPLETE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THESE STRAW BALE HOMES ARE IN CRESTONE, COLORADO, A SMALL TOWN JUST NORTH OF THE GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK ,AT THE BASE OF THE SANGRE DE CHRISTO MOUNTAIN RANGE-AWESOME!
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March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Strawbale houses …
Strawbale houses are fire resistant. They are covered with either an earthen plaster, or a lime plaster with clay often added. Many home owners in the fire lands of California are now applying earthen plasters to their conventional homes to make them fire resistant, as well as more energy efficient. It turns out natural materials have abundant benefits. Of course! I can’t wait to get to Crestone.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
This is really cool …
This is really cool but I’m just wondering, wouldn’t the house be extremely flammable with all that hay? Especially if there is something wrong with the wiring (and it looks like the wiring is right against the hay bale).
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
How can I help …
How can I help build houses like this.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
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March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
I like this video …
I like this video and admire the concept, but could do without the migraine inducing background music.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Maybe one main wall …
Maybe one main wall could be made of bales. Otherwise this would take up entirely too much livable space, and would require a much larger structure.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Use less wood – use …
Use less wood – use stabilized mud blocks or bamboo instead – it is amazing what one can do with mud blocks and bamboo. Bamboo is a renewable resource and stabilized mud-blocks can come from the basement of your home.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
I suppose you are …
I suppose you are technically correct, but it takes millions upon millions of years for oil to be formed from dead vegetation, unless of course you believe that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
They should use …
They should use more straw on the interior walls. I saw alot of stick framing inside this house. They should push the envelope further. Try to use the least amount of wood as possible. IMO
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
It depends on how …
It depends on how fast we use it and how fast the oil is created by nature. The oil fields in alaska and mexico are drying up. The production is slowly going down and has been for years.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
I like the idea of …
I like the idea of a strawbale home with solar and
wind power,also water treatment systems of an earthship.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
@Postitman64
Lol, …
@Postitman64
Lol, yea we just gotta wait a couple million years before the carbon turns into oil.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
lol our population …
lol our population is growing very fast and big. that why we need to stop it and cars,light,etc is a big waste of oil. nature cant produce enough oil for human use and it make carbon dioxide!
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
They sound very …
They sound very confident about when the recourses run out?
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
You’re right, it’s …
You’re right, it’s impossible for us to run out, more oil is created by nature every year…
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Listed Green …
Listed Green supports great builders like this guy. Bravo !
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
I come from the …
I come from the farm too, and know of straw bales left in lofts that are decades old. Sealed as they are in plaster, without oxygen, they’ll last much longer. Straw decomposes in moist environments. That is the goal of a good builder, to keep that from ever happening.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
The insulation …
The insulation value of side vs. ends is arguable – sideways is thicker, but the orientation of the straw allows some air movement sideways in the wall, negating the benefits. basically, it’s preference depending on your construction methods. Some people have equipment to make the plaster application easier, but that is another debate as to which is better.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
While costing about …
While costing about the same as a traditional stick built house, the life cost (heating/cooling/maintenance) is between 35 and 70% of a traditional building. Properly built, moisture is not a problem. Sufficient overhangs are very important for protecting the wall and minimizing solar gain in the summer months. Termites have been known to eat the wood framing and leave the straw. I’ve not heard of termites eating the straw. There is a wealth of information available – I have a large stack myself
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
There is a mansion …
There is a mansion built in Alabama (quite a moist environment) that has lasted 80 years. Termites don’t eat straw. Straw won’t burn in a compacted state – it needs oxygen. There have been tests where they blast a natural gas flame on a strawbale wall and heats the plaster to red hot – only blackened the bales 1-2 inches in. I have done extensive research into this in college – it is essentially fireproof, does well exposed to hurricane force winds, earthquakes.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
plus it worries me …
plus it worries me to see all that electrical stuff right up against the straw..what if u have a short or electrical fire? And since your roof is mainly sitting on your walls..that whole roof could cave..I think id like my house made out of cinderblocks and rebar..still keeps temps constant and the rebar would withstand a tornado or strong winds..which we get here alot in spring…each to his own..but i would think this kind is only good in dry hot climates.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
@pyogazel..well let …
@pyogazel..well let me tell u, where i live there is rain, rain somehow manages to get inside walls in time, maybe from cracks, etc..also we have this insect called termites..they love to eat paper, cardboard, or anything easier to eat than wood which all know they eat also and destroy wood in homes…straw would definitely attract them..they live in the ground as I have found them even in my container garden breeding in the soil..plaster/clay cracks..thats all it takes for termites to enter.
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
In order to compost …
In order to compost you need water and micro-organisms. If the straw is kept perfectly dry and isolated from the soil, micro organisms can’t get to it and compost it.
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March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
I heard this when i …
I heard this when i was at 1st grade about the oil. (38 years ago).
March 30th, 2010 at 4:25 am
All of these are …
All of these are good questions…too bad there are no responses from the video authors.