Houses of straw - the rediscovery of strawbale building

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[needparalegal]

Humans are so stupid. Straw bale construction has no logic unless you live somewhere where straw bales are a lot cheaper than plywood, but that condition hasn't existed in the US since Texas of the 1800s. If you want heavy insulation just pile dirt up against the outer walls of the house. If you want true cheap efficient housing use cobb or adobe construction methods as they still make sense if you have lots of free labor/time on your hands.

[crankygoldfish]

@needparalegal Straw bale houses are cheaper in that they're more efficient when it comes to energy required to heat and cool them. The bare minimum rating of a straw bale house is R40. The bales themselves are cheaper than standard construction materials. The higher cost tends to be labor and specialists such as electricians and plumbers if they're built to code standards.

As to your comment about piling on the dirt: go ahead. Enjoy the garden in your living room afterwards.

[needparalegal]

Straw bails cost more than plywood. A straw bail house costs more than a wood house. If you want heavy insulation just pile dirt up the outer walls.

[brokenarrowez]

the egyptians used straw in their brick

[CustomCarpentryUK]

Inspiring, thank you! One day when I build my house it will be mostly strawbales! I love the way everyone can get involved, you don't need to rely on trades, you can do it yourself, feel empowered, feel engaged with nature, get the full satisfaction of knowing you have built your home in a totally natural material

How refreshing that is in a world where we are mostly disempowered from everything, we feel like we cannot do things ourselves. I can picture staking the bales!

Tristan Titeux

[johnr7717]

5:21 where can i find plans for that house.??

[hitokage4]

Doesn't the home begin to rot, though?

[boonthip100]

so great ..

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[MultiSurjith]

totally natural,its good.

[jetelind]

I' ve seen another nice movie youtube keywords:

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[yaahme]

The builders have never heard of the story of the Three Little Pigs...

[kurchchina]

@yaahme... that one was made up by brick making companies. do you still belive in stories? or do you tend to think for yourself, and question authorities?

[scott97]

@yaahme As long as you don't keep pigs in your house, you won't attract wolves in the first place.

[xdfgsdgflastname]

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[sidorchykoleg]

дерьмо

[Kandiwood1]

Why don't you visit one and see for yourself. There is no smell. I live in one! All I smell is fresh, clean, chemical free space!

[MrAstro888]

bad idea... what happens when you need new insulation... anyway

[kurchchina]

@MrAstro888 .... why would you need new insulation? there are some adobe and strawbale houses over 100 years old, still looking just fine. and if there are some signs of detoriation, you can put one layer of clay plaster over it to renew it. or if nescessery, just tear the walls, scater them over field to rot and make new ones.

[MrAstro888]

@kurchchina you would know better then I :)

[bettytoo2]

beautiful house

[DancingHorses26]

How do you run electrical wiring through straw walls?

[8iamretarded8]

@DancingHorses26 same as you would timber/lathe/plaster, brick, metal stud/gypsum board etc.

[kurchchina]

@DancingHorses26 ... same as in conventional house. you put wiring in plastic tubes and cover them with plaster. remeber... nothing can burn without oxygen.

[kja5]

I hate building codes!!!

[mrsotter19]

I wish I could build my house like this. What is the cost of help to put it up? I don't think I have 30-50 friends who would volunteer.

[markhinr]

Straw bale construction is a great idea but in a wetter climate you'll have to take greater pains to keep moisture away from the straw as well as rodent-proof the exterior envelope. It's a matter of appropriate design of the building (large roof overhangs, etc.) and careful detailing of the wall system (keep the straw at least 10" above grade if it's sitting on a concrete frost wall, flash openings to keep water out, protect walls from rodents with galvanized steel "hardware cloth", etc .

[ThennyDlux]

what about if it catches fire? won't the straw just burst into flames

[swunt10]

@ThennyDlux it doesn't burne well. infact, i heard some time ago, that its even better than normal isolation/wood/stone buildings because the straw has not enough air to burne if its covered like shown in the video. you can put a hole into the building and try to burne the straw at this point but it won't burne well, the oxygen is used to quick so it (eventualy) will extinguish it self or at least won't burne that quick.

[lamdaki]

We are about to built a hotel as a straw bale construction.

Our architect who has built dozens of straw bale houses in Europe promised that the houses will last even for future generations.

We will built it in the Swiss Alps on 4000 feet in the mountains and it still will need no heating.

[vanzahn]

Straw bale homes don't smell any more or less than any contemporary house design. Straw is a dry medium therefore no smell.

[teamgrn]

great idea. has to be cheap too. atleast cheaper than your house. now, what about plumbing, eletrical, gas. if you have it. and a basement. what could be a good wall for underground? when i do mine ill definetly be documenting it

[GreenTV]

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[ConstructionIRE]

this is BEAUTIFUL

[domyaska]

thanks a lot for sharing!!!

[blumgeorge]

what do you mean the smell you plaster it ... never been inside a straw bale house whats it like ???

[ArkDiscoverydotCOM]

Nice.... lets hope these people are not greenies or tree huggers... but I like this idea.

[titanrain1]

@ArkDiscoverydotCOM Congratulations on your idiot comment of the year award. Hope they're not greenies or tree huggers? Are you fucking serious? Yes, let's hope these people aren't concerned for the planet you and your children live on.

[josvandoorn]

I lkive in Malaysia. Malaysia is the tropics. We have here cockroaches and ants. I'm thinking of building a house out of rice straw. Could it be done? I'm thinking or worrying about the climate and the cockroaches and so

[starkneked]

These are extremely insect proof. Termites are also not interested in straw. They build these in the north western U.S. (extremely rainy) and have no problems. I'd go for it if I were you!

[CandyandTy]

how do you buy this video ?? or the whole series ? i live in America and in the state of arizona :) if you could please relpy im very interested in building our own home out of staw bales

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[wsst1000]

Too bad the DVD isn't available in NTSC for viewing via Netflix or general use in the USA.

[JRBURNETTSMARKETING]

This is a cool video but if you build a houses made out of Straw I don't think you could stand the smell ! It would be to strong !

Great Idea Though !

[ecofilm]

@JRBURNETTSMARKETING

WRONG! It doesn´t smell at all. I slept in many strawbale houses and the smell inside was wonderful, the room atmosphere is great especially if it was plastered with clay (it equalizes humidity in the air)

[sonnytsbr]

@ecofilm eben when it gets wet ? come on the bales would hold an insane amout of risks, from fire , to germs , to no security.. Alergins, filth , mice..

[littlelogcabins]

@ecofilm Ive never heard of this...but how do you overcome the molding? I dont know about straw but I know hay molds when it gets wet.

[kurchchina]

@littlelogcabins ... that is true. so when you build with straw, you have to make sure no water is allowed to get inside the bales; plaster will seal all exposed surface, and there is one rule for staw bale houses... they need "good boots and hat" meaning they must be lifted some 30 cm above the ground, and have a roof (just like a conventional house) perferable with overhangs. keep them dry, and they won't rot at all

[EvilBunniexxx]

@JRBURNETTSMARKETING I think you are getting Straw and Hay bales mixed up.

[addvanced]

@JRBURNETTSMARKETING

very foolish way to write a comment

straw is dry anyway and straw does not smell and...

it is covered with a plaster and breathes

just wonderfully comfortable and very healthy feeling...

I will do it first chance I get...

[wlwak]

Bricks are made of mud, cavemen lived in stone houses and straw is warm in winter cool in summer great sound insulation and despite what you might think it's easy to fireproof.

[arbonac]

What will you do when the Big Bad Wolf comes to call?

[LordInksworth]

They'll run down the road into the house of bricks.

[DominickBlack]

That's what I was thinking, too....

The answer is "super adobe."

[cityzenkane108]

Shoot it.

[floydatapotata]

very well done video. where i grew up wheat straw was the norm. farther north barley straw is the local product. call me barleyman but i love all the things that come from barley.

[PakaNoHida]

rice straw is superior to both wheat and barley

[floydatapotata]

I have no experience with rice straw and am really more interested in claw/straw mix for infill between trusses. I think most people would use the local straw to save money, as long as it is not loaded with pesticides.  Tell me about your experience with rice straw if you want.

[chaquito1]

Hey dude, do you know what horchata is? If you do, substitute barley in place of the rice. Mmmmmmm gooooodd :)

[floydatapotata]

i'll try it if i can substitute potata for the chufa.

[vnbm]

Is thispossible in a S.E. Asian climate such as the Philippines. There is an availability of straw from rice grains. Can bamboo be used instead of wood for the structure and beans. What about Cobb housing. I know that there are still standing adobe churches in the Philippines, but how these methods be applied to the general public? Who can I contact who is knowledgeable in S.E. Asia?

[zebelem]

Fabulous! Someday I will.

[krystalmagic]

@AuntyHatred Straw bales are produced by a standard farm baling machine and could be like getting some from your neighbor if you live in farm and cattle country. Many ranchers have switched to a humongous bale rolling thing so they don't have to hire labor to stack bales in barns. Consequently, not every farm produces square bales anymore. Regardless, many sources if trucked in. Cost per bale: $2-5 depending on factors.

[Whorulesnow]

Thanks for posting. I would love to have a home like that. Very smart.

[AuntyHatred]

you cant really just go 'next door' to get some hay straw from anywhere can you??

I thought you would have to use specially made and packed straw- and dont make fun of me- I am only beginning my research, so yes, I will be asking some dumb questions eventhough I am naturally brunette!! LOL

[marktopp]

Yes if you live next door to a farmer of course. I think i am right in saying that most farmers will happily sell you a bale for about £1 a piece.

I was on a course this weekend run by Amazonails who specialise in this - check them out.

[svigo0]

this is a way traditional ukrainian farm houses are built

come to ukraine or eastern poland to learn how to build them

[seeskwared]

and one little piggy built his house out of straw...

[silviucp]

germany do not have earthquake and these houses are possible de build...but in japan are not possible :))

[calvinsmith07]

i've actually read that strawbale is earthquake resistant. i would guess this comes from the interlocking nature of construction, and the thickness of the walls, as well as the flexibility of the plaster/earthen coatings of walls.

[Kdog54902]

1:02 to 1:07. What, straw used in livestock breading? Did something get lost in translation?

[k9forkids]

What about cost, is it also more affordable to build one out of straw?

[pharmacy4thewell]

This is how I want to build my house.

[selfactingmachine]

I have built hundreds of "conventional" stick framed homes(regrets). and consider them to be sub-standard housing. common methods cannot come close to strawbale performance.

[HTCSWEOD]

What about longevity? Building codes? Rodent infestation? Settling? Very Interesting, thank you for this video!

[selfactingmachine]

straw is made of cellulose same as wood if your bale wall rots so would a wood wall. there is almost no food for pests in straw bales covered in clay/plaster or concrete mak a stressed skin pannel. very strong. inspectors can be enlightened.

[ronalddoon]

LEUK MAN dit is ons huiswerkfilmpje

[ShakkaSundiata]

Thanks for posting. Kool vid. Anyone know how the plumbing and electrical wiring works?

[jefferyjg]

Wiring is usually run between the bale courses or a notch is cut into the bales to run conduit.  Plumbing is usually run up through the foundation and into an interior stud wall so that leaky pipes won't saturate the bales.

[moxee33]

Looks like a blast to build one!

[jrmart04]

God: We need more people like you in this planet. Thanks for sharing this information with the world!